Demographic characters and factors favouring emergence of diabetes mellitus type two

Authors

  • Medha Mathur Department of Community Medicine, Pacific Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
  • Navgeet Mathur Department of General Medicine, Pacific Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
  • Omveer Singh Department of Pathology, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
  • Jitendra Solanki Department of Medical, Health and Family welfare, Government of Rajasthan, India
  • Pradeep Soni Department of Medical, Health and Family welfare, Government of Rajasthan, India
  • Ashutosh Sarwa National Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health Unit, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
  • Sawai Khatri Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Private Health Sector, Rajasthan, India
  • Yashpal Singh Department of Medical, Health and Family welfare, Government of Rajasthan, India
  • Vinod Sharma Department of Medical, ITBP, Ministry of Home Affairs, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20180621

Keywords:

Diabetes Mellitus, Demographic characters, Risk factors

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. It has various complications. Risk factor control is effective way of prevention. Current study was conducted to know demographic profile including risk factors related to diabetes mellitus in patients attending a tertiary health care institute of Rajasthan.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted for the duration of six months. In the study 623 diabetes mellitus type 2 patients were included and subjected to evaluation of various demographic parameters and risk factors like age, sex, economic status, area of residence, obesity, hypertension (HTN), lack of exercise, smoking, dyslipidemia and positive family history.

Results: Mean age of diabetic population was 62 years. Male-female, urban-rural ratios were nearly 1:1 and 3:2 respectively. Nearly 7 % patients were found to be below poverty line (BPL). On risk factor evaluation of 623 diabetic patients it was found that 598 (96%) patients had lack of exercise, 406 (65.2%) patients had age more than 60 years, 394 (63.2%) patients had dyslipidemia, 210 (33.7%) patients were smoker as per the mentioned criteria, 144 (23.1%) patients were obese, 118 (19%) patients had HTN before emergence of DM and 90 (14.4%) patients had positive family history.

Conclusions: High prevalence of risk factors in Indian community is alarming. Health education, promotion of exercise, favourable life style, dietary modification, cessation of smoking, screening programmes for early detection of derange blood pressure, blood sugar, lipid profile can be effective prevention strategies.

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2018-02-22

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Mathur, M., Mathur, N., Singh, O., Solanki, J., Soni, P., Sarwa, A., Khatri, S., Singh, Y., & Sharma, V. (2018). Demographic characters and factors favouring emergence of diabetes mellitus type two. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 6(3), 950–954. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20180621

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