The prevalence of some non-communicable diseases and risk factors in Tuz district/Amirlee township
Keywords:
People, fill direct questioner form, sphygmomanometers, stethoscope, tape measurement for height, weight scale measurement for weight, tube, laboratory investigationAbstract
This cross sectional study was designed to determine the prevalence of non communicable diseases and risk factors. The study was performed on 72 peoples in age between 20-45 years (36 males and 36 females) in Tuz district/Amirlee township from Jun till December/2013.
Results: The study show the prevalence rate of the behavioral information as tobacco was 22.2% and fruit and vegetable serving two time per day was 16.7% while three time per day was 4.2%, physical activity for two time per week was 13.9% and three time per week was 2.8%, body mass index as over
weight was 63.9% and obese was 18.1%, systolic hypertension was 25% while diastolic hypertension was 26.4% and fasting blood sugar was 20.8%.
Conclusions: These study was recorded the poor consumption of fruit and vegetable and low intensity physical activity. The distribution of behavioral risk factors show that smoking was more prevalent among males, the increasing impact of behavioral risk factors over the life course might have contributed to the high prevalence of hypertension and hyperglycemia.
