Factors affecting disease condition of hospitalized respiratory disease patients

The present investigations were done to study the factors affecting disease condition of 73 hospitalized pulmonary disease patients at KMC Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore, Karnataka. It was found that there was higher prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among all other respiratory diseases (36.99%) followed by tuberculosis (19.18%). There was negative and positive correlation between the fruit consumption and unhealthy habits respectively with disease occurrence. Majority had sedentary lifestyle (69%) with very less or no physical activity and more number of subjects (60%) had been taking mixed diet. The subjects who had tuberculosis were younger (35 years old) than all other patients. Lung cancer and bronchiectasis were more prevalent between 50 to 60 years of age whereas COPD chronic bronchitis and asthma attacked the people of age more than 60 years. There was no much difference between male and female subjects with respect to disease prevalence.