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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Renal Endocrinology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1499381
Worldwide impact of disease attributable to low physical activity for diabetes and kidney diseases A short
Provisionally accepted- Ningbo Rehabilitation Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
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Background: We aimed to examine patterns of diabetes and kidney disease due to Low physical activity (LPA) in 204 countries between 1990 and 2021.Methods: Data were from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021. Age-standardized death rate (ASDR) and age standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were estimated. In addition, annual percentage changes (EAPC) were calculated.Results: The age-standardized DALY rate (EAPC = 0.89; 95% CI: 0.85, 0.93) and age-standardized death rate (ASDR) of diabetes and kidney disease due to LPA increased (EAPC = 0.34; 95% CI: 0.28,0.39) during 1990 to 2021. Among them, the age-standardized DALY rate and ASDR increased fastest in Eastern Europe (EAPC 2.43 and 3.79, respectively). Mauritius had the most significant increase in age-standardized DALY (EAPC = 3.40), while the Russian Federation had the most significant increase in ASDR (EAPC = 4.40). In 2021, both ASDR and age-standardized DALY rates per 100,000 people increased in women compared with men. The age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 people generally showed an upward trend, with the highest in Oceania (285.33) and the highest ASDR in Southern Sub-Saharan Africa (10.56). Conclusions: The global ASDR and age-standardized DALY rates reveal a significant surge in diabetes and kidney disease attributable to LPA from 1990 to 2021. This escalation is evident across 21 regions, with notable increases observed in Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania.
Keywords: Low Physical Activity (LPA), Global Burden of Disease (GBD), Annual Percentage Change (EAPC), Disability-adjusted life year (DALY), diabetes and kidney diseases
Received: 20 Sep 2024; Accepted: 08 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ding, Qi, Wang and Tang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Min Tang, Ningbo Rehabilitation Hospital, Ningbo, 315040, Zhejiang Province, China
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