Objective: To derive macronutrient recommendations for remission and prevention of type 2 diab... more Objective: To derive macronutrient recommendations for remission and prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Asian Indians using a data-driven optimization approach. Research Design and Methods: Dietary, behavioral and demographic assessments were performed on 18,090 adults, participating in the nationally representative, population-based ICMR-INDIAB study. Fasting and two-hour post glucose challenge capillary blood glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) were estimated. With HbA1c as outcome, a linear regression model was first obtained for various glycemic categories [Newly diagnosed diabetes (NDD), pre-diabetes (PD) and normal glucose tolerance (NGT)]. Macronutrient recommendations were formulated as a constrained quadratic programming problem (QPP) so as to compute optimal macronutrient compositions that would reduce the sum of the difference between the estimated HbA1c from the linear regression model and the targets for remission (6.4% for NDD and 5.6% for PD) and prev...
BACKGROUND: Fragile, helpless and innocent, an infant enters the world completely dependent on it... more BACKGROUND: Fragile, helpless and innocent, an infant enters the world completely dependent on its caretakers. The house is an exciting place for infants and small children, who love to explore but aren't aware of the potential dangers. OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge of mothers regarding domestic childhood injuries and safety measures adopted by them. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 230 rural mothers of west Tripura district during May to June 2012. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select individual participant and information collected using pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule. RESULTS: The majority (71.3%) of respondents were in the age group 20-25 yea, housewives (79.56%), nuclear families (67.7%), up to primary education (60.9%) and family income of <Rs 5000/-per month (53.5%). Only 3.9% met minor domestic injuries. Out of which 6(66.7%) of respondents' children 3 were treated at home, remaining at hospital and all...
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2021
BACKGROUND Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death due to infectious dis... more BACKGROUND Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death due to infectious diseases. TB continues to rank among world’s most serious health problems despite effective diagnostic & treatment measures. The objectives of the study were to asses and compare the knowledge of tuberculosis among rural and urban slum population and identify the factors associated with their knowledge of tuberculosis. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted and multistage random sampling technique was applied for selection of the individual study subjects. Data was collected using a semi-structured and pre-tested interview schedule. RESULTS 200 individuals were included in the study with an overall mean age (SD) of the individuals of 36.66 (± 13.091) years. 189 (94.5) participants had heard of tuberculosis. 36 (37.9 %) urban slum and 20 (21.3 %) rural participants said that cough is the most common symptom of pulmonary tuberculosis. 42 (52.5 % among rural population was having good k...
Objective: To derive macronutrient recommendations for remission and prevention of type 2 diab... more Objective: To derive macronutrient recommendations for remission and prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Asian Indians using a data-driven optimization approach. Research Design and Methods: Dietary, behavioral and demographic assessments were performed on 18,090 adults, participating in the nationally representative, population-based ICMR-INDIAB study. Fasting and two-hour post glucose challenge capillary blood glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) were estimated. With HbA1c as outcome, a linear regression model was first obtained for various glycemic categories [Newly diagnosed diabetes (NDD), pre-diabetes (PD) and normal glucose tolerance (NGT)]. Macronutrient recommendations were formulated as a constrained quadratic programming problem (QPP) so as to compute optimal macronutrient compositions that would reduce the sum of the difference between the estimated HbA1c from the linear regression model and the targets for remission (6.4% for NDD and 5.6% for PD) and prev...
BACKGROUND: Fragile, helpless and innocent, an infant enters the world completely dependent on it... more BACKGROUND: Fragile, helpless and innocent, an infant enters the world completely dependent on its caretakers. The house is an exciting place for infants and small children, who love to explore but aren't aware of the potential dangers. OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge of mothers regarding domestic childhood injuries and safety measures adopted by them. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 230 rural mothers of west Tripura district during May to June 2012. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select individual participant and information collected using pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule. RESULTS: The majority (71.3%) of respondents were in the age group 20-25 yea, housewives (79.56%), nuclear families (67.7%), up to primary education (60.9%) and family income of <Rs 5000/-per month (53.5%). Only 3.9% met minor domestic injuries. Out of which 6(66.7%) of respondents' children 3 were treated at home, remaining at hospital and all...
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2021
BACKGROUND Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death due to infectious dis... more BACKGROUND Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death due to infectious diseases. TB continues to rank among world’s most serious health problems despite effective diagnostic & treatment measures. The objectives of the study were to asses and compare the knowledge of tuberculosis among rural and urban slum population and identify the factors associated with their knowledge of tuberculosis. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted and multistage random sampling technique was applied for selection of the individual study subjects. Data was collected using a semi-structured and pre-tested interview schedule. RESULTS 200 individuals were included in the study with an overall mean age (SD) of the individuals of 36.66 (± 13.091) years. 189 (94.5) participants had heard of tuberculosis. 36 (37.9 %) urban slum and 20 (21.3 %) rural participants said that cough is the most common symptom of pulmonary tuberculosis. 42 (52.5 % among rural population was having good k...
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