Prevalance of Diabetes, Hypertension, Renal Dysfunction and Hyperlipidemia among Doctors of a Medical College in Odisha

There is increasing evidence that a doctor with a healthy lifestyle tends to have a positive influence on their patients’ health behaviours. They are at higher risk for diabetes, hypertension, renal dysfunction and hyperlipidemia. The present study focuses on finding prevalence of the above mentioned conditions and thus generating awareness among present doctors and future generation young doctors regarding their health status. 169 doctors of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha consented for the present study. Age, sex, height, weight, body mass index, blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, lipid profile (triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, VLDL), serum creatinine, urine albumin, food and other habits were documented for each subject. Comparison was done between 121 males and 48 females of different age groups for hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, albuminuria and renal dysfunction. Nearly 60% of doctors in the study were found to be hypertensives, 26% had hypercholesterolemia, 27% had hypertriglyceridemia, 7% had albuminuria and 67% had high levels of HDL. It was observed that older age group doctors were hypertensives while middle aged doctors had diabetes while younger doctors had higher lipid profiles. As seen from studies in Southern and Nothern India, our study also shows similar trend of higher prevalence of modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Eastern India. This calls for interventional studies to curb the rapid progression of morbidity and mortality among doctors.