caa a22 4500 606222197 CHVBK 20210128101132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6 Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region: evidence from four countries is alarming [Elektronische Daten] [Kaan Sözmen, Belgin Ünal, Olfa Saidi, Habiba Romdhane, Niveen Abu-Rmeileh, Abdullatif Husseini, Fouad Fouad, Wasim Maziak, Kathleen Bennett, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley] Objectives: Many Eastern Mediterranean countries are undergoing dramatic socioeconomic, demographic and life style changes and face noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemics. We evaluated recent trends in major NCD risk factors in occupied Palestinian territories (OPT), Turkey, Syria and Tunisia. Methods: We searched published and unpublished sources for systolic blood pressure (SBP), diabetes, smoking, body mass index (BMI), and cholesterol trends for both men and women aged 35-84 in each country from 1995 to 2009. Results: Smoking prevalence was stable over time in Tunisia and Syria, but decreasing in Turkey (annual change −0.9%) and OPT (annual change −0.7%). Mean BMI (annual change of 0.1% for Turkey, 0.2% for OPT and Tunisia and 0.3% in Syria) and diabetes (annual change of 0.3% for Turkey, 0.4% for OPT and Tunisia and 0.7% in Syria) prevalence increased in each country. SBP levels increased slightly in Tunisia and Syria but decreased in OPT and Turkey. Conclusions: Recent risk factor trends are worrying. Good quality data on the extent and determinants of NCDs are essential to respond the changing health needs of populations with burgeoning NCD epidemics. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Trend nationallicence Risk factors nationallicence Cardiovascular diseases nationallicence Diabetes nationallicence Obesity nationallicence Smoking nationallicence Sözmen Kaan Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey aut Ünal Belgin Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey aut Saidi Olfa Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut Romdhane Habiba Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut Abu-Rmeileh Niveen Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine aut Husseini Abdullatif Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine aut Fouad Fouad Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria aut Maziak Wasim Florida International University, Miami, USA aut Bennett Kathleen Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland aut O'Flaherty Martin Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK aut Capewell Simon Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK aut Critchley Julia Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60(2015-01-01), 3-11 1661-8556 60<3 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sözmen Kaan Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ünal Belgin Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saidi Olfa Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Romdhane Habiba Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abu-Rmeileh Niveen Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Husseini Abdullatif Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fouad Fouad Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maziak Wasim Florida International University, Miami, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bennett Kathleen Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Flaherty Martin Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Capewell Simon Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Critchley Julia Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60(2015-01-01), 3-11 1661-8556 60<3 2015 60 38