Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between blood sugar level and obesity, and the interplay of socioeconomic change, and to investigate the efficacy of different obesity indices and age in predicting diabetes. METHODS: Cross-sectional study was carried out among 603 adult Tangkhul Nagas of NE India. Anthropometric measurements, random blood sugar level, general and regional obesity indices were evaluated along with their information on socioeconomic and lifestyle factors. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: The transition of the Tangkhul Naga tribe in terms of socioeconomic and lifestyle factors contributes to the escalating prevalence of overweight/ obesity and diabetes. The rising epidemic is not restricted to highly urbanized societies but now has penetrated even to traditional and transitional tribes owing to their changing lifestyle. Different facets of the complex associations between obesity, age, diabetes and socioeconomic change were observed. Central obesity indicator, waist hip ratio emerge as the paramount predictors of prediabetes/diabetes.
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Authors | N K Mungreiphy, Satwanti Kapoor |
Journal | Ethnicity & disease
(Ethn Dis)
Vol. 24
Issue 3
Pg. 342-8
( 2014)
ISSN: 1049-510X [Print] United States |
PMID | 25065077
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Blood Glucose
- Body Weights and Measures
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
(diagnosis, ethnology)
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Humans
- India
- Life Style
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Obesity
(blood, ethnology, psychology)
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prevalence
- Risk Factors
- Social Change
- Young Adult
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