Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10321/2256
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorNaicker, Ashikaen_US
dc.contributor.authorVenter, Christine S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMacIntyre, Una E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Suriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-14T07:09:14Z-
dc.date.available2017-02-14T07:09:14Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationNaicker, A. et al. 2017. Prevalence of selected intermediate risk factors for non-communicable diseases in an apparently healthy Indian community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of Community Health. 42: 122–128.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0094-5145 (print)-
dc.identifier.issn1573-3610 (online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/2256-
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa, burdened with the emerging chronic diseases, is home to one of the largest migrant Indian population, however, little data exists on the risk factors for non-communicable diseases in this population. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of yet undiagnosed selected intermediate risk factors for non-communicable diseases among the Indian population in KwaZulu-Natal. We randomly selected 250 apparently healthy Indians, aged 35–55 years, living in KwaDukuza to participate in this study. Clinical and anthropometric measurements were taken under prescribed clinical condi-tions using Asian cut-off points. Pearson correlations was used to detect associations between anthropometric and clinical risk markers. A large percentage of participants’ systolic blood pressure fell within the normal range. Diastolic blood pressure was [85 mmHg for 61 % of the participants and triglyceride levels were[1.69 mmol/L for 89 % of the participants’; 94 % of the women and 87 % of the men were classified as centrally obese. Raised fasting blood glucose was seen in 39 % of participants’. Waist circumference and body mass index showed statistically significant associations with all clinical risk markers except for diastolic blood pressure. Our findings suggest that the use of ethno specific strategies in the management of the disease profile of South African Indians, will enable the South African health system to respond more positively towards the current trend of increased metabolic and physiological risk factors in this community. Moreover, key modifiable behaviours such as increased physical activity and weight reduction may improve most of these metabolic abnormalities.en_US
dc.format.extent7 pen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringerlinken_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of community health (Online)en_US
dc.subjectNon-communicable diseasesen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectSouth African Indiansen_US
dc.subjectAsian cut-offsen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of selected intermediate risk factors for non-communicable diseases in an apparently healthy Indian community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.publisher.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-016-0238-yen_US
dc.dut-rims.pubnumDUT-005471en_US
dc.description.availabilityCopyright: 2017. SpringerLink. Due to copyright restrictions, only the abstract is available. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in Journal of Community of Health, Vol 42. Pp 122-128. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-016-0238-yen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-016-0238-y-
item.grantfulltextnone-
item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.fulltextNo Fulltext-
item.languageiso639-1en-
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf-
item.openairetypeArticle-
Appears in Collections:Research Publications (Applied Sciences)
Show simple item record

Page view(s)

599
checked on Dec 23, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric

Altmetric


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.