Health and longevity in relation to CHD risk factors in a tribal population of India
Journal Title: Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
High prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease CHD in parallel with economic development is observed among South Asian Countries It is very much surprise to observe a tribal population of Kerala Kurichias India are having lengthy longevity who are free from ageassociated chronic problems Hence we conducted a survey to evaluate the prevalence of obesity central obesity hypertension dyslipidemia amp smoking habits in a random simple of 410 225 male 185 female subjects The prevalence age standardized to the world population of Segi 95 CI and the discussion paper of World Health Organization was obesity 287 122453 central obesity 371 227515 hypertension 270 192338 hypercholesterolemia 071 066076 hypertriglyceridemia 260 118402 and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol 124 107142 The metabolic and anthropometric measurements in the study sample showed lower compared to other Indian and Western studies The low prevalence of CHD risk factors in Kurichias could be attributed to the stress free economic activities and intake of coarse variety of grain and leading a healthy longevityKeywords Health Longevity CHD Tribal dietary obesity Lipids
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Thavanati Parvathi Kumara Reddy, Aurora Escoto de Dios, Maria Elena Aguilar Aldrete, Jorge Alberto G
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