Assessment for Risk Factors of Non-communicable Diseases in Employees (Teaching and Non-Teaching) Working in Medical College, Maharashtra

Sabale, Rupali; Irani, Nikita; Jatoo, Zameer Ahmed; Somaiya, K. J.

doi:10.18535/jmscr/v4i11.109

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“…5 Our study showed hypercholesterolemia in 12.68%, hypertriglycerides in 25.35%, raised LDL in 2.82%, raised VLDL in 15.49% and low HDL in 22.82% which were much lower than the other studies done by Sharma et al, Alzeidan et al and Akintunde et al 1,5,7 The prevalence of cigarette smoking was in 8.45% among males and none of the women smoke which was similar to Sabale et al was (6.2%) and Ketkar et al and was much lower than Takur et al was (24.3%), Sharma et al was (12.8%) and Alzeidan et al was (12%). [5][6][7][8]11 The habit of alcohol consumption was seen in 7.04% which was lower than Sabale et al was (13.04%) as this study included all staff and higher than Sharma et al was (2.6%) as the study included only the habit of heavy drinking.…”

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“…10 Study by Sabale et al showed a mean waist circumference of 91.3 cms in males and 92.4 cms in females, obesity in 56% and abdominal obesity of 55.5% in males and 63.5% in females. 6 Study by Akintunde et al showed that generalized obesity of 38.3%. 1 The substantially high prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity as per India specific guidelines may be owing to the sedentary life-style and desk job of administrative employees who formed a major portion of the study population.…”

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“…Similarly the study done by Sabale et al showed a lower prevalence (19.6%) of hypertension than our study but the prevalence of hypertension in our study was lower than the study done by Akintunde et al (40.8%), Ketkar et al (52%) and Anchala e al (33%). 1,6,8,9 This could be as the first two studies included all the staffs in the institute and the study done by Anchala et al was the prevalence in urban India. 9 In the present study, obesity was found in 12.68% subjects.…”

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INTRODUCTIONCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally. 1 The cause of heart attacks and strokes are due to combination of risk factors-tobacco use, unhealthy diet, obesity, physical inactivity and alcohol use, hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidaemia. Most cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by addressing these behavioural risk factors.2 An estimated 17.7 million people died from CVDs in 2015, representing 31% of all global deaths.2 Cardiovascular diseases cause an estimated 3.7 million deaths or a quarter of all deaths annually in the South East Asia region.3 Non-communicable diseases account for 60% of total adult deaths in India. Cardiovascular diseases account for over a quarter (26%) of this deaths. 4ABSTRACT Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death globally. The cause of heart attacks and strokes are due to combination of risk factors-tobacco use, unhealthy diet, obesity, physical inactivity, alcohol use, hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidaemia. Most cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by addressing these behavioural risk factors. The objectives were to study the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among teaching staff and to know the association of age and gender with cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst teaching staff of IIMSR Medical College, Badnapur, Jalna, Maharashtra during the period of August to October 2016. All teaching staff of IIMSR Medical College was included in this study by purposive sampling method. Total number of staff who was more than 30 years of age was 80. The study was performed on 71 teaching staff as 9 denied participating (71 out of 80). Clinical parameters including weight, height, blood pressure and waist circumference was recorded. Blood sample was also collected. Statistical analysis was done by using appropriate statistical test like mean, percentage, standard deviation, student's t test and chi square test. Results: Majority participants were male 50 (70.42%). The mean age of male was 42.6±13.4 yrs and female was 37.05±9.64 yrs. The mean weight (76.2±12.9), mean waist circumference (92.0±12.1) and mean BMI (27.02±4.44) were above the normal range amongst male participants. The mean height, mean weight, mean waist circumference, mean SBP, mean DBP, mean RBS, mean creatinine and mean BMI values were higher in males as compared to females. The difference was statistically significant. Hypertension was more common in older age with raised diastolic blood pressure which signifies that age is one of the most important risk factor. Conclusions: This study showed a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and signifies the importance of health awareness among the staff members regarding the various cardiovascular risk factors.

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