Risk factors of life style diseases among adults in Kozhikode, Kerala
Journal Title: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Holistic Health - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction Life style diseases refer to diseases that are caused mainly due to the unhealthy behavior and choices people make in their life Economic growth modernization urbanization and socialization have changed the life style of Indian families Most of the life style diseases share common preventable risk factors such as tobacco high alcohol consumption anxiety sedentary life style and obesity All these risk factors are modifiable and early identification and management of risk factors can help to prevent and control noncommunicable diseasesObjectives To screen the population for risk factors of chronic noncommunicable diseasesMaterials and Methods A community based cross sectional study was conducted A house to house survey was conducted All individuals above 20 years of age who gave informed consent were included in the study Detailed information regarding age sex educational status marital status occupation and occupational activity religion dietary habits personal habits and addiction family history of diseases and other relevant information etc was obtained using predesigned questionnaire Modified BG Prasad classification updated for January 2017 was used for socioeconomic classification Anthropometric measurements such and Blood pressure were measured using standard techniques Data was entered in MS excel and analyzed using SPSS 16Results Most of the people 43 in the study population were less than 40 years of age Slight Female preponderance was observed in the study 66 of subjects belonged to socioeconomic status class II Only 28 of the study population exercised regularly Percentage of overweight and obese among study population was 31 Among 46 males from study population 26 had one or other addiction 20 subjects reported hypertension 16 were diabetic and 2 were CAD patientsKeywords Lifestyle diseases Screening Diabetes Mellitus Hypertension
Authors and Affiliations
Anirudh V. Mutalik, Anant T. Pawar
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