Epidemiological Mapping of hypertension , Diabetes mellitus and obesity among Menoufia Medical students' Family Members | ||||
| The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal | ||||
| Article 11, Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2020, Page 137-153 PDF (604.47 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/efmj.2021.20592.1003 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Hala Gabr1; Reda Ibraheem2; Zeinab Kasemy3; shaimaa soliman  4
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| 1public health department, Faculty of medicine, Menoufia university | ||||
| 2Public health department, faculty of medicine , Menoufia university | ||||
| 3public health department, faculty of medicine, Menoufia university | ||||
| 4public health department , faculty of medicine, Menoufia university | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Back ground: Hypertension (HT), type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity are amongst the most common non-communicable chronic diseases in the developed and developing countries with huge economic burden. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and describe the epidemiological mapping of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity among Menoufia medical students' family members Subjects and methods: A cross sectional study has been conducted on 13,782 family members of the students in the faculty of medicine, Menoufia University, in 2018-2019. The participants have been subjected to a predesigned questionnaire including demographic profile (age, sex, and residence) and questions about hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity among their family members. Results: The prevalence rates of hypertension, diabetes and obesity were 12.3%, 7.05% and 11.7% respectively. Hypertension was more prevalent among males, older than 40 years and those living in urban areas, while diabetes was more prevalent among females, older than 40 years (P40 y was a risk factor for all. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Diabetes; Family; hypertension; mapping obesity; Menoufia | ||||
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