Diabetes and hypertension prevalence in homeless adults in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Public Health 2015 Feb;105(2):e46-60
Date
12/19/2014Pubmed ID
25521899Pubmed Central ID
PMC4318300DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302330Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84921882459 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 78 CitationsAbstract
We estimated hypertension and diabetes prevalence among US homeless adults compared with the general population, and investigated prevalence trends. We systematically searched 5 databases for published studies (1980-2014) that included hypertension or diabetes prevalence for US homeless adults, pooled disease prevalence, and explored heterogeneity sources. We used the National Health Interview Survey for comparison. We included data from 97366 homeless adults. The pooled prevalence of self-reported hypertension was 27.0% (95% confidence interval=23.8%, 29.9%; n=43 studies) and of diabetes was 8.0% (95% confidence interval=6.8%, 9.2%; n=39 studies). We found no difference in hypertension or diabetes prevalence between the homeless and general population. Additional health care and housing resources are needed to meet the significant, growing burden of chronic disease in the homeless population.
Author List
Bernstein RS, Meurer LN, Plumb EJ, Jackson JLAuthors
Jeffrey L. Jackson MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinLinda N. Meurer MD, MPH Professor in the Family Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultDiabetes Mellitus
Humans
Hypertension
Prevalence
United States
