Community based cross sectional study on prevalence of risk factors of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in adult population residing in urban area of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Journal Title: International Archives of Integrated Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 10
Abstract
Diabetes is major health problem in India and the burden is rapidly increasing. The present study was conducted to find the prevalence of risk factors of diabetes in adult population residing in urban area of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh among 218 randomly selected adults between the age of 30-60 years. 51.4% were males, 94.5% were married, 67.9% were Hindus, 63.3% lived in joint families and 71.6% belonged to socio-economic class IV or V. Sedentary lifestyle was seen in 50%, vegetarian diet in 14.7%, family history of diabetes in 3.2%, overweight/ obesity in 49.2%, high WHR in 66.9%, 83.5% respondents took vegetables for more than four days in a week while only 6.5% took fruits for more than four days in a week. Regular assessment of risk factors is important in primordial prevention and decreasing incidence and prevalence of diabetes.
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Manoj Kumar, Rakesh Arya, Mahesh Kumar Shukla, Jawaid Hasan
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