Bryan Chong, Gwyneth Kong, Kannan Shankar, H S Jocelyn Chew, Chaoxing Lin, Rachel Goh, Yip Han Chin, Darren Jun Hao Tan, Kai En Chan, Wen Hui Lim, Nicholas Syn, Siew Pang Chan, Jiong-Wei Wang, Chin Meng Khoo, Georgios K Dimitriadis, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Arun Sanyal, Mazen Noureddin, Mohammad Shadab Siddiqui, Roger Foo, Anurag Mehta, Gemma A Figtree, Derek J Hausenloy, Mark Y Chan, Cheng Han Ng, Mark Muthiah, Mamas A Mamas, Nicholas W S Chew
BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: From 2000 to 2019, global estimates of deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were described for metabolic diseases (type 2 diabetes mellitus [T2DM], hyperlipidemia, hypertension, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD])...
January 28, 2023: Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental