Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable disease in a rural area of Faridabad district of Haryana

A Krishnan; B Shah; Vivek Lal; DK Shukla; Eldho Paul; SK Kapoor

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Year : 2008 | Volume : 52 | Issue : 3 | Page : 117-124

Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable disease in a rural area of Faridabad district of Haryana

A Krishnan¹, B Shah², Vivek Lal³, DK Shukla⁴, Eldho Paul⁵, SK Kapoor⁶
¹ Associate Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
² Senior Deputy Director General (NCDs), Division of Non Communicable Diseases, ICMR, New Delhi, India
³ Junior Resident, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, Delhi, India
⁴ Deputy Director General, Division of Non Communicable Diseases, ICMR, Delhi, India
⁵ Statistical Assistant, Centre for community medicine, AIIMS, Delhi, India
⁶ Professor Emeritus, Community Health Departt, St Stephens Hospital, Delhi, India

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A Krishnan
Associate Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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Background and Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and levels of common risk factors for noncommunicable disease in a rural population of Haryana. Methods: The study involved a survey of 1359 male and 1469 female respondents, aged 15-64 years. Multistage sampling was used for recruitment (PHCs/ sub-centres/ villages). All households in the selected villages were covered, with one male and one female interviewed in alternate household. WHO STEP- wise tool was used as the study instrument which included behavioural risk factor questionnaire and physical measurements of height, weight, waist circumference and blood pressure. The age adjusting was done using rural Faridabad data from Census 2001. Results: The age adjusted prevalence of daily smoked tobacco was 41% for men and 13% for women. Daily smokeless tobacco use was 7.1% and 1.2% for men and women respectively. The prevalence of current alcohol consumption was 24.6% among men and none of the women reported consuming alcohol. The mean number of servings of fruits and vegetables per day was 3.7 for men and 2.7 for women. The percentage of people undertaking at least 150 minutes of physical activity in a week was 77.8% for men and 54.5% for women. Among men 9.0 % had BMI > 25.0 compared to 15.2% among women. The prevalence of measured hypertension, i.e. >140 SBP and/or >90 DBP or on antihypertensive drugs was 10.7% among men and 7.9% among women. Conclusion: The study showed a high burden of tobacco use and alcohol use among men, inactivity and overweight among women and low fruit and vegetable consumption among both sexes in rural areas.

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