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Mohamed A.A. Moussa
Researcher at Kuwait University
Publications - 55
Citations - 1548
Mohamed A.A. Moussa is an academic researcher from Kuwait University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 55 publications receiving 1476 citations. Previous affiliations of Mohamed A.A. Moussa include Amiri Hospital.
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Consanguinity among the Kuwaiti population.
S. A. Al-Awadi,Mohamed A.A. Moussa,K. K. Naguib,Talaat I. Farag,Ahmad S. Teebi,M. Y. El-Khalifa,el-Dossary L +6 more
TL;DR: The rate of consanguineous mating was found to be 54.3% with estimated population incidence rates 52.9 to 55.7%.
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Non-insulin-dependent diabetes in Kuwait: prevalence rates and associated risk factors
TL;DR: The strong association between hypertension and NIDDM may suggest a common approach to the prevention and control of these two conditions, and aging of the population will contribute to even more upward trends in prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance.
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The effect of consanguineous marriages on reproductive wastage.
TL;DR: No consistent increase in reproductive wastage was evident as the inbreeding coefficient, F, advances mainly because of decline in the wastage rate among the double first cousin marriages which represents only 2% of the sample.
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Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Kuwaiti children and adolescents.
Mohamed A.A. Moussa,Mayra Alsaeid,Nabila Abdella,T. M. K. Refai,Nashami Al-Sheikh,J. E. Gomez +5 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adult Kuwaitis is spreading to children and adolescents, making it an emergency public health problem, and efforts need to be initiated to address prevention strategies of type 1 diabetes in youth.
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Factors associated with obesity in Kuwaiti children.
Mohamed A.A. Moussa,Azza A. Shaltout,D. Nkansa-Dwamena,M. Mourad,N. AlSheikh,N. Agha,D.O. Galal +6 more
TL;DR: Familial and environmental factors associated with childhood obesity and diabetes mellitus, respiratory and bone diseases in child were significant associated factors with obesity after adjusting for social and behavioural factors and biochemical variables and blood pressure were adversely affected in obese children.