Open AccessDiabetes and hypertension in urban bhutanese men and women
Author(s) -
Bhakta Raj Giri,
Krishna Prasad Sharma,
Rup Narayan Chapagai,
Dorji Palzom
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.116349
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , impaired fasting glucose , medicine , impaired glucose tolerance , population , evening , blood pressure , blood sugar , obesity , demography , prevalence , endocrinology , environmental health , type 2 diabetes , physics , astronomy , sociology
Bhutan is a mountainous country with 31% urban population. There is no information on prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in Bhutan yet. This was the first study of its kind conducted in the capital city.