Association of Agriculture Occupational Exposure With Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Indian Villages : REDSI Study

Copyright © 2021 Velmurugan, Mohanraj, Christy Yacob, Keppanan, Rekha, Krishnasamy, Shanmugarajan, Boopathi, Ayyapparaja, Ayyapparaja, RS, Gopalakrishnan, Veerappan, Dharmaraj, Vaithilingam, Purushothaman, Chelladurai, Pandiyan, Selvarajan, Annathurai, Vengatachalam, Arivuruvone, Kaliyaperumal, G, S, Ramasamy and Swaminathan..

There has been a huge increase in diabetes and its associated cardiovascular complications over the last decade, predominantly in the middle- and low-income countries. In these countries, the majority live in rural areas. The Rural Epidemiology of Diabetes in South India (REDSI) study was aimed to analyze the prevalence of diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors, and its complications in rural farming and non-farming villages in Tamil Nadu, South India. A research survey on the prevalence of self-reported diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors (age, sex, obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, alcohol and tobacco use) and agricultural occupational exposure was executed among 106,111 people from 61 villages in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India, during 2015-2018. Overall, we observed a diabetes prevalence of 11.9% in rural South India. A nearly two-fold higher prevalence of diabetes was observed among the farming community (15.0%) compared to that among the non-farming population (8.7%). Logistic regression analyses revealed a strong association with agrochemical exposure (P < 0.0001) and diabetes prevalence among rural farming people. Our survey indicates a high prevalence of diabetes in rural South India particularly among the farming community. This survey in conjunction with other epidemiological and experimental studies raises the need for understanding the etiology of diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors in rural communities.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

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Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine - 8(2021) vom: 20., Seite 737505

Sprache:

Englisch

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Velmurugan, Ganesan [VerfasserIn]
Mohanraj, Sundaresan [VerfasserIn]
Christy Yacob, Jenifer [VerfasserIn]
Keppanan, Sundaravadivu [VerfasserIn]
Rekha, Balakrishnan [VerfasserIn]
Krishnasamy, Anbalagan [VerfasserIn]
Shanmugarajan, Suresh [VerfasserIn]
Boopathi, Seenivasan [VerfasserIn]
Ayyapparaja, Anitha [VerfasserIn]
Ayyapparaja, Prabhu Chandhran [VerfasserIn]
Rs, Tamilselvan [VerfasserIn]
Gopalakrishnan, Manigandan [VerfasserIn]
Veerappan, Jayaramanathan [VerfasserIn]
Dharmaraj, Vithya [VerfasserIn]
Vaithilingam, Subramaniyan [VerfasserIn]
Purushothaman, Priyadharshini [VerfasserIn]
Chelladurai, Sumathi [VerfasserIn]
Pandiyan, Jeevan [VerfasserIn]
Selvarajan, Vijaya Samoondeeswari [VerfasserIn]
Annathurai, Kalidoss [VerfasserIn]
Vengatachalam, Sukumaran [VerfasserIn]
Arivuruvone, Gorky [VerfasserIn]
Kaliyaperumal, Saravanan [VerfasserIn]
G, Velsamy [VerfasserIn]
S, Kannan [VerfasserIn]
Ramasamy, Subbiah [VerfasserIn]
Swaminathan, Krishnan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Agrochemicals
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Occupational exposure
Rural health

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Date Revised 12.10.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fcvm.2021.737505

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NLM331727579