National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
There is a noticeable increase in the number of individuals affected with diabetes mellitus and the trend is scheduled to grow in geometric proportions in the next couple of decades. The study was conducted to assess the prevalence of diabetes in Ludhiana district. The Information was collected through personal interview schedule using the especially structured schedule. The entire data was collected from 2014-2018. Fasting blood glucose was checked using standard methods. It was found that out of 880 total subjects, prevalence rate of diabetes was significantly higher among urban subjects (45 %) as compared to rural subjects (38 %). Significantly higher percentage of urban men had diabetes (51 %) as compared to rural men (37 %) while 39 per cent rural and 38 % urban women had diabetes. Fasting blood glucose levels among rural and urban men ranged from 66-463 and 61-362 mg/dl with mean value of 135.22 and 140.57 mg/dl, respectively. The corresponding values in case of women were 60-431 and 64-388mg/dl with mean value of 136.85 and 132.11mg/dl, respectively. The study concluded that the prevalence rate of diabetes was significantly higher among urban subjects (45 per cent) as compared to rural subjects (38 per cent) whereas the mean fasting blood glucose levels of rural diabetic and non-diabetic subjects were significantly higher as compared to urban subjects.
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