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Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu

INTRODUCTION: There is a paucity of research on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart diseases among transgenders, with more importance given to diseases like HIV. The study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of NCDs, their risk factors and the assoc...

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Autores principales: Prasanth, Balan Krishna, Eashwar, Virudhunagar Muthuprakash Anantha, Mahalakshmi, Krishnan, Ramachandran, Karthikeyan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10259543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37312794
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1751_22
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author Prasanth, Balan Krishna
Eashwar, Virudhunagar Muthuprakash Anantha
Mahalakshmi, Krishnan
Ramachandran, Karthikeyan
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Eashwar, Virudhunagar Muthuprakash Anantha
Mahalakshmi, Krishnan
Ramachandran, Karthikeyan
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description INTRODUCTION: There is a paucity of research on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart diseases among transgenders, with more importance given to diseases like HIV. The study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of NCDs, their risk factors and the associated factors among transgenders residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu. METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study done among 145 transgenders residing in the Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, selected by snowball sampling method. Data were collected by a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire, anthropometric data were measured, and blood pressure was measured by a mercury sphygmomanometer using standard protocols. Data were entered in Excel software and analysed by using SPSS version 25. RESULTS: The mean age of the study participants was 36 ± 4.2 years. Nearly 91% had only up to school education. Around 26.7% suffered from type 2 diabetes mellitus, 15.1% had a history of hypertension, 36.3% were newly diagnosed hypertensives, and 13.9% were overweight/obese. Almost 40% were either current tobacco or alcohol consumers. There was a statistically significant association found between overweight/obesity and education, work, and income of study participants. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of NCDs among the study participants warrants health education among transgenders to get screened for common NCDs. Further research is needed to understand the risks of NCDs among transgenders.
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spelling pubmed-102595432023-06-13 Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu Prasanth, Balan Krishna Eashwar, Virudhunagar Muthuprakash Anantha Mahalakshmi, Krishnan Ramachandran, Karthikeyan J Family Med Prim Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: There is a paucity of research on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart diseases among transgenders, with more importance given to diseases like HIV. The study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of NCDs, their risk factors and the associated factors among transgenders residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu. METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study done among 145 transgenders residing in the Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, selected by snowball sampling method. Data were collected by a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire, anthropometric data were measured, and blood pressure was measured by a mercury sphygmomanometer using standard protocols. Data were entered in Excel software and analysed by using SPSS version 25. RESULTS: The mean age of the study participants was 36 ± 4.2 years. Nearly 91% had only up to school education. Around 26.7% suffered from type 2 diabetes mellitus, 15.1% had a history of hypertension, 36.3% were newly diagnosed hypertensives, and 13.9% were overweight/obese. Almost 40% were either current tobacco or alcohol consumers. There was a statistically significant association found between overweight/obesity and education, work, and income of study participants. CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of NCDs among the study participants warrants health education among transgenders to get screened for common NCDs. Further research is needed to understand the risks of NCDs among transgenders. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-04 2023-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10259543/ /pubmed/37312794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1751_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Prasanth, Balan Krishna
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Ramachandran, Karthikeyan
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title Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu
title_full Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu
title_fullStr Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu
title_short Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu
title_sort epidemiology of non-communicable diseases among transgender population residing in chennai district, tamil nadu
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10259543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37312794
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1751_22
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