The global syndemic of metabolic diseases in the young adult population: A consortium of trends and projections from the Global Burden of Disease 2000–2019

• Published in: Metabolism, clinical and experimental Vol. 141; p. 155402
• Main Authors: Chong, Bryan, Kong, Gwyneth, Shankar, Kannan, Chew, H.S. Jocelyn, Lin, Chaoxing, Goh, Rachel, Chin, Yip Han, Tan, Darren Jun Hao, Chan, Kai En, Lim, Wen Hui, Syn, Nicholas, Chan, Siew Pang, Wang, Jiong-Wei, Khoo, Chin Meng, Dimitriadis, Georgios K., Wijarnpreecha, Karn, Sanyal, Arun, Noureddin, Mazen, Siddiqui, Mohammad Shadab, Foo, Roger, Mehta, Anurag, Figtree, Gemma A., Hausenloy, Derek J., Chan, Mark Y., Ng, Cheng Han, Muthiah, Mark, Mamas, Mamas A., Chew, Nicholas W.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Global burden; Global Burden of Disease; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Metabolic disease; Metabolic Diseases; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Obesity; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Risk Factors; Syndemic; Young Adult; Hypertension; NCDs; HLD; T2DM; NAFLD; HTN; ICD-10; Diabetes mellitus; GBD; YLDs; Global burden; Metabolic disease; APC; DALYs; SDI; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; WHO

A significant proportion of premature deaths globally are related to metabolic diseases in young adults. We examined the global trends and mortality of metabolic diseases in individuals aged below 40 years using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019. Fro...