Prevalence of Diabetes mellitus Among School Teachers in Urban Area of Nagpur City, Central India.

Dr. Deepak Lone; Dr. Sushma Thakre; Dr. Subhash Thakre; Dr. Avinash Borkar; Dr. Namita Deshmukh

Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2014

Prevalence of Diabetes mellitus Among School Teachers in Urban Area of Nagpur City, Central India.

Dr. Deepak Lone, Dr. Sushma Thakre, Dr. Subhash Thakre, Dr. Avinash Borkar, Dr. Namita Deshmukh

Abstract :

This paper discusses the current level of prevalence of diabetes mellitus among school teachers in urban area of Nagpur city, Maharashtra, Central India. A cross–sectional study was carried out from June 2011 – December 2012 involving 726 school teachers of age > 20 years, from 21 randomly selected schools of urban area of Nagpur city. A pretested proforma was used to collect socio–demographic information and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed using 75 gm of glucose. Fasting and 2 hour post glucose load blood sugar level was measured by Accu–check Performa glucometer. Results showed that 14.60% teachers were having diabetes mellitus. About 6.47% were known diabetics and 8.13% were newly detected.