Surge of Non-Communicable Diseases in Pakistan
According to the baseline survey, the family history of diabetes mellitus was positive in 41% of the individuals and 38% of individuals had a familial tendency of hypertension. Approximately 19% of the individuals also had a familial tendency of ischemic heart diseases whereas; about 8% of the peopl...
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ziauddin University,
2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | According to the baseline survey, the family history of diabetes mellitus was positive in 41% of the individuals and 38% of individuals had a familial tendency of hypertension. Approximately 19% of the individuals also had a familial tendency of ischemic heart diseases whereas; about 8% of the people had a family history of stroke. When measured in the community about 21% of the individuals above the age of thirty tested positive for raised random blood glucose levels on glucometer using capillary blood. Approximately 40% of the individuals above the age of 30 suffered from hypertension whereas 33% of the individuals were obese. |
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| Item Description: | 10.36283/PJMD9-1/002 2313-7371 2308-2593 |