Association Between socioeconomic status And Diabetes Mellitus In Perimenopausal Women In An Urban Slum Of Mumbai

Authors

  • Kirti Vinayak Kinge Department Community Medicine, IGGMC Nagpur
  • Amit Chandrakant Supe Department of Orthopaedics, MGIMS Sewagram, Wardha

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https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v6i12.2794

Abstract

This study has been undertaken to find association between socioeconomic status and diabetes mellitus in perimenopausal women in an urban slum of Mumbai. The cross-sectional community-based descriptive epidemiological study was conducted in slum area during the period of January 2012 to June 2013. Out of 61 diabetic patients, 14.8% were in class I, 18% were in class II, 16.4% were in class III and remaining 41% were in class IV and 9.8% were in class V. Out of 389 nondiabetic subjects, 5.1% were in class I, 6.7% were in class II, 20.6% were in class III, 46.3% were in class IV and 21.3% were in class V. There was significant statistical association between socioeconomic status and diabetes mellitus among perimenopausal women in an urban slum.

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Author Biography

  • Kirti Vinayak Kinge, Department Community Medicine, IGGMC Nagpur
    Community medicine

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Published

2015-12-30

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Vol. 6 No. 12 (2015): Dec

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Original Research Articles

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Association Between socioeconomic status And Diabetes Mellitus In Perimenopausal Women In An Urban Slum Of Mumbai. (2015). International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research, 6(12), 853-855. https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v6i12.2794
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