Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Urban Bihari Communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study in a  Minor Ethnic Group

Asaduzzaman, Muhammad; Chowdhury, Shahanaz; Shahed, Jahid Hossen; Kafi, Mohammad Abdullah Heel; Uzzaman, Nazim; Flowra, Mahfuza Talukder; Ahmed, Muniruddin

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“…The alcohol consumption rate was negligible among this study population which is similar with the Bihari's of Mirpur and underprivileged population of Shanty town. 11,15 We found the alcohol consumption rate is even noticeably less than the native Indian Bihari population. 17 Low alcohol consumption scenario in Bangladesh is actually the reflection of the successful restriction on alcohol production, business and consumption whereas Bangladeshi society, culture, religion and law are playing a favourable role.…”

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“…Prevalence of overall tobacco use was found less among the Bihari population of this study than the available relevant studies in Bangladesh including two national surveys. 11,[13][14][15] Previous study among the Bihari's in Mirpur camp of Dhaka city reported noticeably higher proportion of smoking tobacco use alone. 11 The recent Global Adult Tobacco Survey reported almost constant finding for tobacco use with our study whereas data from WHO STEPS Survey and another study conducted to identify NCD risk factors among an underprivileged population in Dhaka reported noticeably higher prevalence of tobacco users.…”

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“…11,[13][14][15] Previous study among the Bihari's in Mirpur camp of Dhaka city reported noticeably higher proportion of smoking tobacco use alone. 11 The recent Global Adult Tobacco Survey reported almost constant finding for tobacco use with our study whereas data from WHO STEPS Survey and another study conducted to identify NCD risk factors among an underprivileged population in Dhaka reported noticeably higher prevalence of tobacco users. [14][15][16] Moreover, another relevant study conducted among rural population of Bihar state of India using similar WHO Step wise approach reported higher prevalence of tobacco use than the current study.…”

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“…A recent study, conducted among Bihari population of Mirpur camp in Dhaka city, reported the prevalence of type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) were estimated as 10.11%, 8.74% and 4.55% respectively along with 41% of smoker and 5% of alcohol consumers. 11 However, overall distribution of the NCD risk factors among this group and the knowledge about any association between behavioural, metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases and sociodemographic factors among the selected community in Bangladesh is still unknown.…”

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Association between behavioural, metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases and socio-demographic factors among Bihari population in Bangladesh

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Banik

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: The Bihari community is an underprivileged group of people, immigrants from Pakistan during 1971 independence war, now living in Bangladesh. This community is considered as vulnerable for not having adequate health care facilities and access to health services. The current study is aimed to determine the association between behavioural, metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCD) and socio-demographic factors among Bihari community in Bangladesh.Methods: It was a community based cross-sectional study. Total 183 Bihari living in Geneva camp in Dhaka city have been included in the study by purposive sampling. An adopted WHO STEPS questionnaire was used for data collection. A semi structured questionnaire and standardized procedures were used to measure behavioural risk factors and physical characteristics. Data were analysed by using SPSS version 21.Results: Among the respondents the mean age was 44.4±13.2 years with 60.1% men. One-third (32.2%) were current tobacco user, almost all (99.5%) didn’t take sufficient fruit and vegetables, 52.5% were added salt user, 76.0% didn’t perform adequate physical activity but alcohol consumers were negligible (3.3%). More than half (54.6%) were overweight or obese, 33.9% had hypertension, 23.0% had hyperglycaemia and 50.3% had hyperlipidaemia. Sex, age, education, occupation and family income were significantly associated with these NCD risk factors.Conclusions: To our best knowledge this is the first ever study that describes the NCD risk factors and its sociodemographic determinants among the Bihari population in Bangladesh.

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Association between behavioural, metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases and socio-demographic factors among Bihari population in Bangladesh

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“…Around 85% population of age group 25-65 never checks for diabetes [7]. A recent study by British Medical Journal says, 1 in 10 Bangladeshi adults aged ≥18 years have hyperglycemia (among urban residents) [8]. Even in rural Bangladeshi community, undiagnosed diabetes was high, 7.2% found in a 2016 and 10% in 2019 [9,10].…”

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TRACK Implementation: a Bangladesh Scenario

Mohiuddin¹

2020

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With the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), biological risk factors, such as hyperglycemia, are a major public health concern in Bangladesh. Optimization of diabetes management by positive lifestyle changes is urgently required for prevention of comorbidities and complications, which in turn will reduce the cost. Diabetes had 2 times more days of inpatient treatment, 1.3 times more outpatient visits, and nearly 10 times more medications than non- diabetes patients, as reported by British Medical Journal. And surprisingly, 80% of people with this so called “Rich Man's Disease” live in low- and middle-income countries. According to a recent study of American Medical Association, China and India collectively are home of nearly 110 million diabetic patients. The prevalence of diabetes in this region is projected to increase by 71% by 2035. Bangladesh was ranked as the 8th highest diabetic populous country in the time period of 2010-2011. In Bangladesh, the estimated prevalence of diabetes among adults was 9.7% in 2011 and the number is projected to be 13.7 million by 2045. The cost of diabetes care is considerably high in Bangladesh, and it is primarily driven by the medicine and hospitalization costs. According to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, in 2017 the annual average cost per T2DM was $864.7, which is 52% of per capita GDP of Bangladesh and 9.8 times higher than the general health care cost. Medicine is the highest source of direct cost (around 85%) for patients without hospitalization. The private and public financing of diabetes treatment will be severely constrained in near future, representing a health threat for the Bangladeshi population.

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Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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ObjectiveThe purpose of this paper is to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis in order to summarise the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes and their associated risk factors in Bangladesh.DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.ParticipantsGeneral population of Bangladesh.Data sourcesPubMed, Medline, Embase, Bangladesh Journals Online, Science Direct, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were used to search for studies, published between 1st of January 1995 and 31st of August 2019, on the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes and their associated risk factors in Bangladesh. Only articles published in the English language articles were considered. Two authors independently selected studies. The quality of the articles was also assessed.ResultsOut of 996 potentially relevant studies, 26 population-based studies, which together involved a total of 80 775 individuals, were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of diabetes in the general population was 7.8% (95% CI: 6.4–9.3). In a sample of 56 452 individuals, the pooled prevalence of pre-diabetes was 10.1% (95% CI: 6.7–14.0; 17 studies). The univariable meta-regression analyses showed that the prevalence of diabetes is associated with the factors: the year of study, age of patients and presence of hypertension. The prevalence of diabetes was significantly higher in urban areas compared with rural areas, while there was no significant gender difference.ConclusionsThis meta-analysis suggests a relatively high prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes in Bangladesh, with a significant difference between rural and urban areas. The main factors of diabetes include urbanisation, increasing age, hypertension and time period. Further research is needed to identify strategies for early detecting, prevention and treatment of people with diabetes in the population.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42019148205.

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Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Urban Bihari Communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study in a Minor Ethnic Group

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Association between behavioural, metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases and socio-demographic factors among Bihari population in Bangladesh

Association between behavioural, metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases and socio-demographic factors among Bihari population in Bangladesh

TRACK Implementation: a Bangladesh Scenario

Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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