An epidemiological assessment of the distribution and sociodemographic burden of chronic diseases: a focus on hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular conditions

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Chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are significant contributors to global morbidity and mortality.
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Advancing age is strongly associated with increased odds of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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Significant gender differences exist in age-related risks for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but not for hypertension.
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Sociodemographic factors such as income and BMI independently influence cardiometabolic outcomes.
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Model discrimination for hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease showed good performance with AUC values of 0.80, 0.77, and 0.83, respectively.

Frontiers In Epidemiology

by Chidimma Evangeline Oliobi, Dawit Getnet Ayele, Knowledge Chinhamu, Temesgen Zewotir, Retius Chifurira
May 22, 2026

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