Open AccessMulticentric study on prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and diabetes in tribal communities in Western and Northern Maharashtra
Author(s) -
MG Deo,
PV Pawar,
SR Kanetkar,
Satish V. Kakade
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_245_17
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , overweight , diabetes mellitus , obesity , body mass index , blood pressure , tribe , demography , environmental health , traditional medicine , endocrinology , sociology , anthropology
Although a number of studies have been conducted on the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) and diabetes on tribal populations in different parts of India, comparative tribe-specific information is very meager. The main objective of this study is to generate tribe-specific information on the noncommunicable disorders (NCDs) and associated risk factors in scheduled tribes (STs) in Coastal and Western Maharashtra.