Open AccessNoncommunicable disease in rural India: Are we seriously underestimating the risk? The Nallampatti noncommunicable disease study
Author(s) -
Krishnan Swaminathan,
Ganesh Veerasekar,
K. Sujatha,
Sundaresan Mohanraj,
Ganesan Velmurugan,
Nalla G Palaniswami
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.196001
Subject(s) - medicine , population , dyslipidemia , environmental health , prediabetes , disease , diabetes mellitus , demography , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , sociology
To assess the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in a true rural farming population in South India and compare the data with the landmark contemporary Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study.