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Mishra, Jayanti
- Prevalance of Diabetes, Hypertension, Renal Dysfunction and Hyperlipidemia among Doctors of a Medical College in Odisha
Authors
1 Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Source
International Journal of Physiology, Vol 1, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 130-134Abstract
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.Keywords
Diabetes, Hypertension, Renal Dysfunction, Hyperlipidemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertriglyceridemia, Albuminuria, Doctors, OdishaReferences
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- Peak Expiratory Flow Rate as a Function of Anthropometric Variables in Tribal School Children
Authors
1 Department of Physiology, KIMS, KIIT University, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Medicine, Central Hospital, South Eastern Railways, Kolkata, IN
3 Department of Physiology, KIMS, KIIT University, Odisha, IN
4 Department of Pediatrics, KIMS, KIIT University, Odisha, IN
Source
International Journal of Physiology, Vol 2, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 4-8Abstract
Background: Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) is a simple and easy way to assess the ventilatory function of lungs. This study aims at correlating PEFR of age-matched tribal boys and girls of Odisha with certain anthropometric parameters like body surface area (BSA), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and waist hip ratio (WHR).
Method: It is a cross-sectional study conducted at a residential school in Bhubaneswar during October 2011 - January 2012. Of the 1000 children examined, 868 (464 - boys and 404 - girls) participants were included after exclusion. The above mentioned anthropometric parameters and PEFR were measured using standard procedures.
Results: Statistically significant differences in the HC in centimetres (70.87 ± 5.6 vs 72.77 ± 6.5, P < 0.05), WHR (0.96 ± 0.04 vs 0.94 ± 0.04, P < 0.005) and PEFR in L/ min (255.3 ± 65.6 vs 210.6 ± 55.7, P < 0.005) between boys and girls were observed; boys showed stronger correlation with the variables than the girls did. There was a negative correlation between PEFR and WHR which was significant in boys. The sub-tribes of Santala, Munda and Kandha showed statistically significant positive correlation between PEFR and other parameters except WHR which showed a significant negative correlation with PEFR in the Munda sub-tribe. WC and HC were best correlated with PEFR in the Bonda group.
Conclusions: The mean observed PEFR and the predicted PEFR are in good agreement statistically.