Gastroenterol Res

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Review

Volume 10, Number 5, October 2017, pages 271-279

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Africa and Middle East: An Attempt to Predict the Present and Future Implications on the Healthcare System

Tables

**Table 1.** The Prevalence of NAFLD in Some African and Middle East Countries [37, 39-43, 48]
Country	Prevalence rate (%)	Comment(s)	Authors
South Africa	47.6	Among overweight/obese subjects	Kruger et al [37]
Nigeria	8.7	Population-based	Onyekwere et al [39]
Kuwait	33.3		Ramezani et al [40]
Iran	33.9	Meta-analysis	Sohrabpour et al [41]
Sudan	20	Among non-diabetic	Almobarak et al [42]
Sudan	50	Among diabetic patients	Almobarak et al [43]
Egypt	15.8	Among school children	Alkassabany et al [48]

**Table 2.** The Prevalence of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Different Countries of Middle East and Africa [72-115]
No.	Country	Diabetes	Obesity	Metabolic syndrome	References
1	South Africa	7%	29.9%	23.3%	[72-74]
2	Ethiopia	8.9%	20%	12.5%	[75-77]
3	Egypt	14.9%	70%	7.4%	[78-80]
4	Ghana	1.9%	58%	35.9%	[81-83]
5	Saudi	17.6%	23.6%	28%	[84-86]
6	Iran	8.7%	14.2%	30.1%	[87-89]
7	Yemen	9.75%	8.8%	46%	[90-92]
8	Pakistan	16.68%	22.2%	46%	[93-95]
9	Jordan	17.1%	34.8%	37.4%	[96-98]
10	Kuwait	21.1%	78.4	32.8%	[94, 99, 100]
11	Nigeria	1.9%	15%	12.1%	[101-103]
12	Uganda	2.5%	2.3%	58%	[104-106]
13	Kenya	3.3%	8.9%	34.6%	[107-109]
14	Botswana	3.9%	12.7%	11%	[110-112]
15	United Republic of Tanzania	3.5%	19.2%	30%	[113-115]