RESUMEN
The present cross sectional study on prevalence of hypertension was carried out among 514 cotton textile workers of Shri Bapurao Deshmukh Sut Gimi, Wardha. Using standard guidelines for measuring blood pressure and standard criteria for diagnosis of hypertension, 20.2% of the subjects were found to have raised systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure. The prevalence of hypertension was significantly higher among persons aged 35 years or more, in the present occupation for 10 years or more and those working in more noisy department.
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Adulto , Distribución por Edad , Fibra de Algodón , Estudios Transversales , Humanos , Hipertensión/epidemiología , India/epidemiología , Masculino , Ruido en el Ambiente de Trabajo/estadística & datos numéricos , Enfermedades Profesionales/epidemiología , Exposición Profesional/estadística & datos numéricos , Prevalencia , Factores Socioeconómicos , Industria Textil/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
Out of 318 rural females studied, 17.3% were found to be obese. Most of them are aware of their obese status except for 10.9% who were unaware. Majority of the females considered eating more, childbirth and reduced activity as the possible cause of their obesity and also obesity in other persons. Though 48.1% and 33.6% of the females mentioned dieting and exercise/walking respectively as the method of prevention still 52.5% mentioned that medicine is the only method for prevention of obesity. Regarding remedy of obesity again 48.4% females mentioned medicine as the method.