Open AccessBehavioral and biological risk factors of noncommunicable diseases among tribal adults of rural siliguri in Darjeeling District, West Bengal: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Ditipriya Bhar,
Sharmistha Bhattacherjee,
Dilip Kumar Das
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_326_18
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , cross sectional study , environmental health , odds , overweight , population , obesity , demography , logistic regression , abdominal obesity , confidence interval , gerontology , metabolic syndrome , pathology , sociology
The increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) urges continuous survey of risk factors in different population groups. Objectives: The study was conducted to assess the prevalence and determinants of behavioral and biological risk factors of NCDs, in rural tribal population.