title: Prevalence of chronic diseases risk factors among persons attending six administrative courses in the Army Training Command area in 2006.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The chronic diseases prevalence tends to increase worldwide and the risk factors are identified and reduced.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To survey the prevalence of chronic diseases risk factors among persons attending 6 administrative courses in the Army Training Command area in 2006 and compare with results of the former study.
  
  
  METHODS
  All persons attending the 6 courses were asked to answer the questionnaires. The SPSS for Windows version 10 computer program was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 445 respondents. Most of them were men (87.2%), married (75.9%), finished a bachelor degree or higher (93.9%), military personnel (97.5%) and the average age was 43.7 +/- 5.6 years. The prevalence percentages of smoking, alcohol drinking, physical inactivity, preferred high fat food, preferred sweet food, preferred salty food, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes and hyperstress was 18.7, 13.5, 56.6, 41.9, 20.9, 11.0, 35.4, 14.4, 38.5, 4.3 and 18.7, respectively. Most of the prevalence of risk factors, except smoking, was not decreased when compared to the former study in the similar group of persons in 2004.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of chronic diseases risk factors in this group was high and seemed difficult to reduce. There should be appropriate surveillance and intervention programs to reduce these risks to prevent disease in this special group.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Clinic, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. boonterms@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Boonterm
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saengdidtha
authors.forename: Pajongjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kasemkijwattana
authors.forename: Hatairat
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaoaiem
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015444:Exercise; D005518:Food Preferences; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000193:education*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology