1Department of Community Medicine, G.S.L. Medical College & General Hospital, Rajahmundry. A.P.
2General practitioner, village Raghdevapura Sitanagagram Mandal, Dist East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh.
A study in rural coastal Andhra Pradesh. Objective: - To study the prevalence, epidemiological and anthropometric determinants associated with Type – 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM).
A population-based cross- sectional study.
Out of 204 study subjects, 111 were females and 93 males. The prevalence of type-2 DM, pre diabetes and non diabetes was 9.8%; 10.3%, and 79.9% respectively. Difference between mean fasting blood glucose and mean post- load blood glucose among diabetics and non-diabetics was found to be highly significant. (p < 0.01). The mean differences in systolic as well as diastolic blood pressure (BP) of diabetics and non-diabetics were shown to be statistically significant. The mean difference in body mass index (BMI) and waist hip ratio (WHR) values among diabetics and nondiabetics, diabetics and pre-diabetics were statistically significant.
BMI, level of BP and WHR are significant determinants of Type 2 diabetes in rural population.
epidemiological & anthropometrical determinants, Type – 2 Diabetes Mellitus, body mass index, waist hip ratio, blood pressure
