Open AccessPrevalence and factors influencing diabesity among persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus in urban Puducherry: A cross-sectional analytical study
Author(s) -
Tanveer Rehman,
Sathish Rajaa,
G. Pradeep Kumar,
Jayalakshmy Ramakrishnan
Publication year - 2020
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/ijcm.ijcm_324_19
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , cross sectional study , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , socioeconomic status , sedentary lifestyle , demography , environmental health , population , endocrinology , pathology , sociology
The risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) increase exponentially when type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity coexist.