Association between urban-rural location and prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in West Africa: a cross-sectional population-based epidemiological study.

Objectives: We investigated the association between urban/rural location and both type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and pre-diabetes among populations of five West African countries.

Design: Cross-sectional studies, using the WHO Stepwise (STEPs) survey data.

Setting: National representative data of both urban and rural areas from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia and Mali.