Cardiometabolic risk factors in the Agarwal business community in India: Jaipur Heart Watch-6 |
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Authors: | Ritu Dhabriya Mukta Agrawal Rajeev Gupta Indu Mohan Krishna Kumar Sharma |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Home Science, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004, India;bDepartment of Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur 302017, India;cDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur 302023, India |
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Abstract: | BackgroundAgarwal is one of the largest business communities in India. To determine prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their distribution according to educational status (ES) in this community we performed a study.Methods1781 (men 1039, women 742) of 2500 selected subjects (71.2%) were evaluated and fasting blood sample obtained in 1130.ResultsAge-adjusted prevalence of risk factors was tobacco use 12.2%, sedentary habits 54.2%, overweight/obesity 54.4%, obesity 19.5%, abdominal obesity 61.2%, hypertension 36.0%, diabetes 19.2%, hypercholesterolemia ≥200 mg/dl 25.8%, low HDL cholesterol 29.2%, hypertriglyceridemia 32.8% and metabolic syndrome 22.3%. Low ES subjects had significantly greater prevalence of sedentary habits, low fruit/vegetable intake, hypertension, low HDL cholesterol and diabetes.ConclusionsCardiometabolic risk factors are highly prevalent in the Agarwal business community. Prevalence is greater in subjects with low educational status. |
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Keywords: | Cardiovascular epidemiology Ethnic groups Diabetes |
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