Figure 1
Trend in the annual number of NCD publications in Kuwait, 2000–2013.
Table 1
Distribution of publications by study focus and study design, Kuwait, 2000–2013.
| Study Focus | Study Type and Design | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Report/Case Series | Cross-Sectional Studies | Case-Control Studies | Cohort Studies | Intervention Studies | Review | Laboratory Studies | Othersb | Total | P-Value | ||||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | ||
| Cancer | 90 | 26.5 | 40 | 11.8 | 17 | 5.0 | 37 | 10.9 | 12 | 3.5 | 46 | 13.5 | 94 | 27.6 | 4 | 1.2 | 340 | 38.1 | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 8 | 6.0 | 25 | 18.5 | 15 | 11.1 | 25 | 18.5 | 4 | 3.0 | 18 | 13.3 | 34 | 25.2 | 6 | 4.4 | 135 | 15.1 | 0.008 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3 | 3.7 | 22 | 26.8 | 13 | 15.9 | 10 | 12.2 | 3 | 3.7 | 8 | 9.8 | 18 | 22.0 | 5 | 6.1 | 82 | 9.2 | 0.018 |
| Chronic Respiratory Disease | 2 | 3.6 | 20 | 36.4 | 7 | 12.7 | 3 | 5.5 | 2 | 3.6 | 4 | 7.3 | 15 | 27.3 | 2 | 3.6 | 55 | 6.2 | 0.136 |
| Othersa | 14 | 5.0 | 117 | 41.6 | 28 | 10.0 | 26 | 9.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 22 | 7.8 | 66 | 23.5 | 6 | 2.1 | 281 | 31.4 | 0.463 |
| Total | 117 | 13.1 | 224 | 25.1 | 80 | 9.0 | 101 | 11.3 | 23 | 2.6 | 98 | 11.0 | 227 | 25.4 | 22 | 2.5 | 893 | 100.0 | <0.001 |
[i] a Others include renal disease, palliative care, genetics, and other prevalence studies that examined NCD risk factors (behavioral and physiological).
b Others include commentaries, qualitative studies, and book chapters.
Figure 2
Distribution of risk factors addressed in NCD research, stratified by study focus,a Kuwait, 2000–2013. a The combined percentages within each NCD focus do not necessarily total 100%, because papers may address more than one factor at a time or may address other factors not examined in the present analyses.
Figure 3
Gap analysis between NCD research output and NCD burden, expressed in proportionate mortality rates (a) and in DALYs (b), Kuwait, 2000–2013.