1Assistant Director of Health Services, Government of West Bengal
2Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Community Medicine, Malda Medical College
3Professor, Department of Epidemiology, All India Institute of Hyiene and Public Health, Kolkata
Online published on 26 April, 2016.
Diabetes mellitus is on the rise in the Indian subcontinent. There is a dearth of information on diabetes mellitus among rural population specially among those in hilly terrain.
to find out the sociodemographic pattern and associated factors of Diabetes mellitus among tea garden workers in the district of Darjeeling West Bengal.
A cross sectional study was conducted among tea garden workers in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, the selected population was interviewed with a schedule, capillery blood glucose was tested and anthropometric measurements were done by standard methods.
Diabetes mellitus is more among the mid age group with higher percent in the higher socioeconomic class. Alcohol fast food and non smoking tobacco showed an association while raised BMI, obesity and altered waist hip circumference were seen as risk factors. No association was observed with hypertension
Diabetes mellitus, teagarden workers, risk factors
