Open AccessAre police personnel in puducherry healthy? findings from “Partners in Prevention” Programme in puducherry, India
Author(s) -
T S Ravikumar,
R Kanagarethinam,
Divya Nair,
Sitanshu Sekhar Kar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_105_17
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , anthropometry , environmental health , body mass index , population , diabetes mellitus , family medicine , obesity , endocrinology
Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases are reported to be high in police force, which constitute a special occupational group. "Partners in Prevention" was a special surveillance activity carried out among the personnel of the Department of Police, Government of Puducherry by JIPMER, Puducherry. The present study reports the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and other cardiovascular risk factors in this group.