Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Cotton Mill Workers.

Dr. Rupali A. Patle

Abstract :

Introduction: Many studies on respiratory morbidities in cotton mill workers are done but studies on noncommunicable diseases are limited. Aim and objectives: To study the prevalence of diabetes in cotton mill workers.Methods:The present cross–sectional study was carried out among workers in the cotton mill workers of the BabasahebKedar Soot GiraniinHingnaon 250 study subjects using pretested questionnaire and statistics of percentages, chi–square test. Result: 80% males were above 40 years while 92%  females below 40 years.Prevalence of diabetes in the cotton mill workers was found to be 9.20%out of which 82.60% were males and 17.40% were females. 73.09% of the study subjects were diagnosed during the study. Advancing age, working in sections other than spinning sections and lower socio–economic sections were found significantly associated with diabetes.Conclusion: Prevalence of diabetes was 9.2% which is   more than the normal population

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Dr. Rupali A.Patle, Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Cotton Mill Workers., PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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