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Diabetes, Metabolic disease, Epidemiology
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Received: 12 January 2016 Accepted: 13 February 2016 Published: 26 February 2016
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people affected by diabetes for national planning and and their prevalence with reference to ageing and gender
allocation of resources in future. Utmost diabetic could be scrutinized. The study conducted with a sum of
population is now found to be in India is mainly due to 485 individuals attending Diabetes department,
rapid cultural and social changes, ageing populations, Government Stanley Hospital, who were randomly
increasing urbanization, dietary changes, reduced selected and the study was conducted for two years.
physical activity and other unhealthy lifestyle and Study design
behavioral patterns. Beckles and Thompson-Reid (2001) A survey was conducted based on the
reported that the more prevalence of diabetes in female questionnaire provided among the participants. Persons
is justified, because of the impact of gestational diabetes who reached hospital at 7 am were met personally
on both the mother and baby regarding the increased risk and the questionnaire was presented to them to collect
of developing type 2 diabetes in later life. information regarding their socio-economic condition
This work was therefore designed to assess the such as age, height, weight, waist circumference, hip
gender and age prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus circumference, waist and hip ratio annual
(T2DM) on the patient attending Government Stanley income, duration of diabetes, family history of
Hospital, Chennai. This is mostly catering to the needy diabetes, veg/non-veg eater active worker, moderate
people who are socially backward with low income and worker, sedentary worker, ex-
uneducated from the rural and urban areas of Chennai alcoholic, current alcoholic nonalcoholic, ex-
city. smoker, current smoker, never, exercise, cardiac
problem, eye problem, hypertension.
MATERIALS AND METHODS The second part of the present research work
The participants the diabetic patients consists of the clinical data collection
attending Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai, India. after the examination of patients samples.
Service catering to the deprived and needy people are
extended even to the far distance patients who visits this RESULTS
hospital. Permission to examine the patients and record Percentage distribution of type 2 diabetes male and
their personal data was obtained from the concerned female with different age group
authorities of the Hospital. Observations showed that the diabetic patients
Selection of the study area was primarily due to were visiting in massive number throughout the year
more number of patients from all category of life to visit with the blend of Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes,
the Government Stanley Hospital - this initiated the Gestational diabetes and a set of new patients. Among
study; moreover, it is was one of the oldest and well these patients, female population was found to be more
known medical centres in India. The hospital has an out- in occurrence throughout the year in the present study.
patient attendance of around 5000 patients per day in Patients were reaching the hospital at 7.30 a.m.
which more than 150 are visiting the diabetes department from faraway places in and around Chennai, they
with the proportion of 10 to 15% new patients with 1 to were wait for the Doctors arrival, a questionnaire was
2% of Type 1 diabetic patients. Thus, it is anticipated given to them personally to gather information.
that the study population would yield an adequate blend Observations made from continuous two years of study
of individuals who falls on various age and socio- showed that percentage population of female Type 2
economic criteria, so that the impact of Type 2 diabetes diabetes (61%) was higher than that of male (39%) (Fig
Figure 1. Percentage occurrences of type 2 diabetic male and female of different age group
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