Research Article
Prevalence of High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Thalassemia, Sickle-Cell Anemia, and Iron-Deficiency Anemia among the UAE Adolescent Population
Table 3
Prevalence of medical diagnoses among the UAE adolescent participants (
= 6,329).
| | | Medical condition (%) | | Region |
High blood
pressure/hypertension | Heart disease | Thalassemia | Sickle-cell anemia | Iron-deficiency anemia | | Local | Expatriate |
T | Local | Expatriate |
T | Local | Expatriate |
T | Local | Expatriate |
T | Local | Expatriate |
T | | | M | F | T | M | F | T | | M | F | T | M | F | T | | M | F | T | M | F | T | | M | F | T | M | F | T | | M | F | T | M | F | T | |
| | AUH | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 9.9
***
| 1.9 | 6.4 | 4.3
***
| 6.6 | | WES | 4.2 | 0 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 12.7 | 8.5
*
| 2.2 | 4.1 | 5.0
*
| 5.0 | | Al-Ain | 1.3 | 0.9 | 10 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 10.1 | 6.4
**
| 1.3 | 6.3 | 3.0
**
| 5.1 | | Dubai | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 5.1 | | Sharjah | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.2
**
| 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.0
**
| 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 | | Ajman | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 14.9 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 5.0 | | RAK | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | | FUJ | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.9 | | UAQ | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 4.1 |
| | Total | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5
**
| 1.2
**
| 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5
**
| 0.9
**
| 2.2
**
| 2.3
*
| 2.2
***
| 0.7
**
| 1.2
*
| 1.0
***
| 1.6 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 6.5
**
| 1.7 | 5.1 | 3.4
**
| 5.0 |
|
|
*
; **; ***.
T: total sample; AUH: Abu Dhabi; WES: western; RAK: Ras al-Khaimah; FUJ: Fujairah; UAQ: Umm al-Quwain.
|
