Comparative Study on Risk Factors for cardiovascular Diseases between Urban and Rural Population in Tamil Nadu
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: The Cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden of India is expected to double in the next two decades, making it the single largest cause of death by the year 2020 with an enormous burden of CVD among urban communities. Further, the prevalence of CVD in rural and semi-urban areas is expected to increase substantially. Objective: To compare the prevalence of Cardiovascular risk factor among urban and rural population in Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.Subjects and methods: This cross sectional study was carried out in tertiary care hospital service area of urban and rural health centre. Individuals over the age of 20 years who were present on the day of visit were interviewed in person with a structured interview schedule. Results: A total of 1001 individuals in the rural field practice area and 432 individuals in the urban field practice area over the age of 20 years were included in the study. The fruit and vegetable intake of more than 3 days per week was higher for urban area 206(47.7) and 376(87.1) compared to rural area 278(27.8) and 758(75.7). Doing light work was higher for urban area93 (21.3%). No differences was found in proportion of smokers and alcoholics both in urban (4.9%) and (3.7%) and rural (4.8%) and (6.2%) population respectively. The proportion of participants having overweight (BMI >23) was 73.8% and 40.6% in urban and rural area respectively. Nearly 37.2% and 23.6% of the urban population and 6.9% and 9.0% of the rural population had systolic and diastolic hypertension respectively. Conclusion: In conclusioncardiovascular risk factors such as reduced intake of vegetables and fruits were more prevalence in rural population and reduced physical activity, increased body mass index, systolic and diastolic hypertension was noticed in urban population with no differences in the prevalence of smoking and alcoholism.
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Logaraj Muthunarayanan, John K. R, Shailendra Kumar B. Hegde
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