STUDY OF CORONARY RISK FACTORS AMONG MIGRANT WORKERS IN MANGALORE CITY
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease causes 29 per cent of all deaths globally each year, making it the world’s number one killer. Every year, 17.1 million lives are claimed by the global burden of cardiovascular disease. Lifestyle-related behavioral risk factors are mainly implicated for the increased burden of CHD. OBJECTIVE: Study of coronary risk factors among migrant labourers. METHODOLOGY: Migrant population in Mangalore will be the study population. STUDY DURATION: From November 2012 to April 2013. STUDY DESIGN: Cross sectional study. Subjects of this study were including migrant population from 6 different areas of Mangalore city. Informed consent was obtained from each migrant for the medical examination. General physical examination was done in a well- lit examination room at the site of camp. Pretest questionnaire was asked to collect data by interview method. RESULTS: The study comprised of 585 study subjects. 421 were male workers (71.96%) and 164 (28.04%) were female workers. 300(51.28%) subjects were Hindus. 521(89.05%) subjects were consuming mixed diet and 367 (62.73%) were consuming transfattyacid. 145 (24.78%) subjects were overweight and 489 (83.98%) subjects were consuming alcohol and smoking was seen in 301 (51.45%) subjects. 89 (15.21%) subjects had Hypertension. CONCLUSION: Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors are widely present among migrant workers. Therefore promotion of supportive environment and strategic delivery of periodic health education and health status monitoring is essential.
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Nanjesh Kumar S, Shahul Hameed, Prashanth M. Naik, Asha Jagtap
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