study of diabetes mellitus among railway workshops workers

ABSTRACT

In any industry there are many workers with non occupational diseases which require more medical supervision such as those having diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation of work and other epidemiological factors and liability to diabetes. 57 diabetic workers diagnosed [out of 1753 workers] working in railway workshops and 62 non diabetic workers were taken as a study and control groups. The study showed that the type of work plays a role in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus as 7% of professionals, 4.15% skilled workers, 1.25% semiskilled and 1.25% of unskilled workers were diabetics. Obesity and positive family history of diabetes mellitus are also important factors in relation with occurrence of diabetes mellitus