title: Risk factors of diabetes mellitus amongst the executives of an industrial area of North East India: A community based cross sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess risk factors of diabetes mellitus amongst the executives of an industrial area of North East India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Executive the aged 20 to 60 years were selected by simple random sampling in a community based cross-sectional study. The sample size was 340. Data was collected by a predesigned pretested proforma to know about different risk factors. Fasting capillary blood glucose and 2h capillary blood glucose were taken to assess diabetes mellitus.
  30.7% of the male and 18.4% of the female participants had family history of DM. 29.3% of the male and 39.5% of the female had family history of hypertension. 24.7%, 0.6% and 2.9% smoked regularly, occasionally and in the past respectively. 2.9% subjects consumed chewed tobacco regularly, 0.3% consumed occasionally and 1.6% consumed tobacco in the past. 44.5%, 10.7%, 2.3% of the study subjects took alcohol regularly, occasionally, in the past respectively. 44.5%, 47.4% and 8.1% of the participants were involved in sedentary work, active work and heavy work respectively. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus was significantly associated with advancement of age, family history of diabetes mellitus, family history of hypertension and sedentary life style. No significant association of diabetes mellitus with gender, tobacco consumption and alcohol intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A package for the early diagnosis and management of diabetes may be initiated to bring down the morbidity and mortality in industrial population.
authors.affiliation: Deptt of Community Medicine, Assam Medical College and Hospital, India. Electronic address: drjesminahmed@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sultana Jesmin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Gauhati Medical College Guwahati, India.
authors.forename: Mir Alam
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Siddique
authors.affiliation: Deptt of Community Medicine, Assam Medical College and Hospital, India.
authors.forename: Alak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barua
authors.affiliation: Deptt of Community Medicine, Assam Medical College and Hospital, India.
authors.forename: Hiranya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saikia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diabetes; Executives; Factors; Industrial area; Risk