Percolating Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Rural North India.
In: Indian Journal of Community Health, Jg. 36 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 173-179
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Background: World has seen a tremendous epidemiological transition in disease patterns from communicable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Currently cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of disability and premature deaths globally. Objective: (1) To know prevalence of various risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in the rural area of Meerut. (2) To find out the association of sociodemographic factors with hypertension. Settings and design: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Machchra village. Methods: The study was conducted among 315 study participants over time period of one year in which all the adults aged >30 years above residing in the ward of study area were included. Sampling technique used was systematic random sampling. Results: The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia was found to be 30.2%, 22.2% and 15.2% respectively. The prevalence of pre-obese and obese were 14.3% and 7.0% respectively. The maximum prevalence of hypertension was seen in the age group of 70 years (66.7%), in females (30.6%), SES as class IV (36.5%), secondary school completed population (42.9%) and among homemakers (40.9%). The prevalence of hypertension was found to be statistically significant in relation to age, educational status and occupation. Conclusion: In our study the prevalence of hypertension was found to be 30.2% (in males 29.6% while in females 30.6%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Percolating Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Rural North India.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mishra, Abhishek ; Bano, Tanveer ; Jain, Seema ; Singh, Ganesh ; Gautam, Neelam ; Chaudhary, Parul |
Zeitschrift: | Indian Journal of Community Health, Jg. 36 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 173-179 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0971-7587 (print) |
DOI: | 10.47203/IJCH.2024.v36i02.004 |
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