Prevalence of Diabetes Obesity and Hypertension in Bangladeshi People

We aimed to assess the prevalence trend and associated factors of hypertension (HTN) diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension- diabetes mellitus combined (HDC) among Bangladeshi adults from 2004-2022. According to baseline characteristics the average annual rate of change (AARC) was applied to quantify the annual rate of increase/decrease in HTN DM and HDC from 2004 to 2018.Bangladesh is experiencing a nutrition transition with an increase in the double burden of malnutrition and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study is performed to examine trends and differences in underweight overweight/obesity hypertension and diabetes by gender area of residence and wealth in Bangladesh from 2004 to 2018 and assess what factors contributed to changes in these outcomes.