Open AccessIdentifying spatial variation in the burden of diabetes among women across 640 districts in India: a cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Shri Kant Singh,
Parul Puri,
S. V. Subramanian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2251-6581
DOI - 10.1007/s40200-020-00545-w
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , context (archaeology) , demography , cross sectional study , environmental health , obesity , cluster (spacecraft) , bivariate analysis , gerontology , geography , archaeology , pathology , endocrinology , sociology , computer science , programming language , statistics , mathematics
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among women in India. The burden of diabetes among women was found to increase with age and exposure to the post-partum period. The present study examines the spatial variation in the prevalence of diabetes among women in the late reproductive age-group of 35-49 years across 640 districts in India.