A Study of Newly Detected Diabetes Mellitus Patients among Population of Rural Field Practice Area of a Tertiary Care Centre in Maharashtra
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 11
Abstract
Background: Diabetes is traditional-ly known as silent disease and case detection require active and oppor-tunistic screening efforts. Diabetes is no more restricted in urban areas only but is also established at rural areas as well. Material and methods: A cross sec-tional study was carried out in the field practice area of a tertiary care centre. A total of 290 participants who had given written informed consent were included in the study by camp approach. WHO guideline (2006) was used for diagnosis of di-abetes. People showing fasting plasma glucose >126 mg/dl or 2 hour plasma glucose >200 mg/dl were diagnosed as diabetics. Results: Proportion of newly detect-ed diabetes observed in the study was 7.5%. The newly detected dia-betes cases increased i.e. 8 out of 143 (36.7%) in participants above age of 50 years as compared to 1 out of 38 (4.5%) in participants in age group 20-30 years. The proportion of dia-betes was more in male participants i.e. 15 in 164 (8.4%) as compared to female participants i.e. 7 in 104 (6.3%). A significant association was found between diabetes and high BMI. Conclusion: The need for awareness regarding diabetes and its risk fac-tors in the community is needed as many hidden cases were found. High BMI is one of the risk factor for diabetes mellitus.
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Shekhar S Rajderkar, Vikas D Kshirsagar
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