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. 2025 May 5:16:1499381.
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1499381. eCollection 2025.

Worldwide impact of disease attributable to low physical activity for diabetes and kidney diseases

Ping Ding  1 , Lingyan Qi  2 , Jinglei Wang  3 , Min Tang  4 , Yujie Weng  5
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Worldwide impact of disease attributable to low physical activity for diabetes and kidney diseases

Ping Ding et al. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). .

Abstract

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: annual percentage change (EAPC); diabetes and kidney diseases; disability-adjusted life year (DALY); global burden of disease (GBD); low physical activity (LPA).

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Age standardized rates of global burden of diabetes and kidney diseases due to Low physical activity in 2021, by locations. (A) Age-standardized DALY rate (B) ASDR.
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Figure 2
EAPC of age standardized rates of diabetes and kidney diseases due to Low physical activity from 1990-2021, by locations. (A) Age-standardized DALY rate (B) ASDR.
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Figure 3
Global burden of DALY rate of diabetes and kidney diseases due to Low physical activity in 204 countries in 2021, by countries and ages.
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Figure 4
Global burden of Death rate of diabetes and kidney diseases due to Low physical activity in 204 countries in 2021, by countries and ages.
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