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Outcome

("Prevalence"[Mesh] AND "epidemiology" [Subheading]) AND ("Metabolic Syndrome"[Mesh])

Study region/country

(low and middle income countries)) OR "Afghanistan"[Mesh]) OR ("Burkina Faso"[Mesh])) OR ("Burundi"[Mesh])) OR ("Central African Republic"[Mesh])) OR ("Chad"[Mesh])) OR ("Democratic Republic of the Congo"[Mesh])) OR ("Eritrea"[Mesh])) OR ("Ethiopia"[Mesh])) OR ("Gambia"[Mesh])) OR ("Guinea"[Mesh])) OR ("Guinea-Bissau"[Mesh])) OR ("Haiti"[Mesh])) OR ("Democratic People's Republic of Korea"[Mesh])) OR ("Liberia"[Mesh])) OR ("Madagascar"[Mesh])) OR ("Malawi"[Mesh])) OR ("Mali"[Mesh])) OR ("Mozambique"[Mesh])) OR ("Niger"[Mesh])) OR ("Rwanda"[Mesh])) OR ("Sierra Leone"[Mesh])) OR ("Somalia"[Mesh])) OR ("South Sudan"[Mesh])) OR ("Sudan"[Mesh])) OR ("Syria"[Mesh])) OR ("Tajikistan"[Mesh])) OR ("Togo"[Mesh])) OR ("Uganda"[Mesh])) OR ("Yemen"[Mesh])) OR ("Angola"[Mesh]))) OR "Bangladesh"[Mesh]) OR ("Benin"[Mesh])) OR ("Bhutan"[Mesh])) OR ("Bolivia"[Mesh])) OR ("Cabo Verde"[Mesh])) OR ("Cambodia"[Mesh])) OR ("Cameroon"[Mesh])) OR ("Comoros"[Mesh])) OR ("Congo"[Mesh])) OR ("Cote d'Ivoire"[Mesh])) OR ("Djibouti"[Mesh])) OR ("Egypt"[Mesh])) OR ("El Salvador"[Mesh])) OR ("Eswatini"[Mesh])) OR ("Ghana"[Mesh])) OR ("Honduras"[Mesh])) OR ("India"[Mesh])) OR ("Kenya"[Mesh])) OR ("Micronesia"[Mesh])) OR ("Kyrgyzstan"[Mesh])) OR ("Lesotho"[Mesh])) OR ("Mauritania"[Mesh])) OR ("Moldova"[Mesh])) OR ("Mongolia"[Mesh])) OR ("Morocco"[Mesh])) OR ("Myanmar"[Mesh])) OR ("Nepal"[Mesh])) OR ("Nicaragua"[Mesh])) OR ("Nigeria"[Mesh])) OR ("Pakistan"[Mesh])) OR ("Papua New Guinea"[Mesh])) OR ("Philippines"[Mesh])) OR ("Sao Tome and Principe"[Mesh])) OR ("Senegal"[Mesh])) OR ("Melanesia"[Mesh])) OR ("Sri Lanka"[Mesh])) OR ("Tanzania"[Mesh])) OR ("Timor-Leste"[Mesh])) OR ("Tunisia"[Mesh])) OR ("Ukraine"[Mesh])) OR ("Uzbekistan"[Mesh])) OR ("Vanuatu"[Mesh])) OR ("Vietnam"[Mesh])) OR ("Middle East"[Mesh])) OR ("Zambia"[Mesh])) OR ("Zimbabwe"[Mesh])) OR ("Albania"[Mesh])) OR ("American Samoa"[Mesh])) OR ("Argentina"[Mesh])) OR ("Armenia"[Mesh])) OR ("Azerbaijan"[Mesh])) OR ("Republic of Belarus"[Mesh])) OR ("Belize"[Mesh])) OR ("Bosnia and Herzegovina"[Mesh])) OR ("Botswana"[Mesh])) OR ("Brazil"[Mesh])) OR ("Bulgaria"[Mesh])) OR ("China"[Mesh])) OR ("Colombia"[Mesh])) OR ("Costa Rica"[Mesh])) OR ("Cuba"[Mesh])) OR ("Dominica"[Mesh])) OR ("Dominican Republic"[Mesh])) OR ("Dominican Republic"[Mesh])) OR ("Equatorial Guinea"[Mesh])) OR ("Ecuador"[Mesh])) OR ("Fiji"[Mesh])) OR ("Gabon"[Mesh])) OR ("Georgia (Republic)"[Mesh])) OR ("Grenada"[Mesh])) OR ("Guatemala"[Mesh])) OR ("Guyana"[Mesh])) OR ("Indonesia"[Mesh])) OR ("Iran"[Mesh])) OR ("Iraq"[Mesh])) OR ("Jamaica"[Mesh])) OR ("Jordan"[Mesh])) OR ("Kazakhstan"[Mesh])) OR ("Kosovo"[Mesh])) OR ("Lebanon"[Mesh])) OR ("Libya"[Mesh])) OR ("Malaysia"[Mesh])) OR ("Indian Ocean Islands"[Mesh])) OR ("Mexico"[Mesh])) OR ("Montenegro"[Mesh])) OR ("Namibia"[Mesh])) OR ("Republic of North Macedonia"[Mesh])) OR ("Paraguay"[Mesh])) OR ("Peru"[Mesh])) OR ("Russia"[Mesh])) OR ("Samoa"[Mesh])) OR ("Serbia"[Mesh])) OR ("South Africa"[Mesh])) OR ("Saint Lucia"[Mesh])) OR ("Suriname"[Mesh])) OR ("Thailand"[Mesh])) OR ("Tonga"[Mesh])) OR ("Turkey"[Mesh])) OR ("Turkmenistan"[Mesh])) OR ("Venezuela"[Mesh]))

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