SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR HEART DISEASE AMONG OBESE-HYPERTENSIVE ADULTS

Abstract

For this analysis data were collected from 995 Bangladeshi adults of ages 18 years and above. Data were recorded by some medical staffs working in diabetic centres, when the respondents were visiting the centres, located in urban and semi-urban areas. There were 50.1% males; 30.2% obese; 5.9% hypertensive adults; and 3.2% were obese and hypertensive. Among obese-hypertensive adults 50.0% were patients of heart. The overall percentage of patients of heart including obesity and hypertension was 1.6%. The prevalence of these three diseases were noted in 3.6% elderly people; in 4.0% adults of higher economic condition; in 3.6% smokers, in 2.9% adults involved   in sedentary activity and in 8.5% diabetic patients suffering for 15 years and above. The last three variables had significant impacts on simultaneous prevalence of three non-communicable diseases. Elderly people and people of higher economic condition had more than 200% risk of prevalence. The prevalence risk was 6.07 times in smoker adults; 5.42 times in adults involved in sedentary activity and 7.81 times among diabetic patients suffering 80 for 15 years and more. Discriminant analysis showed that body mass index, diabetes duration, smoking habit, sedentary activity, and age were important in discriminating patients from others.