Prevalence of Risk Indicators of Heart Diseases Among Professional Male Bus Drivers

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The study aims to determine the prevalence of heart disease risk indicators among male professional bus drivers. A quarter all mortality is attributable toheart disease. now more common drivers due irregular diet, lifestyle and shift work. This observational included 100 selected by convenience sampling from an MTC stand (Chennai depot) ACS medical college hospital Face-to-face questioning strategies were administered obtain information about their conditions work participants. Anthropometric measurement such as body mass index, blood pressure, fasting glucose level measured a handheld BMI machine, sphygmomanometer glucometer. score for cardiovascular diseases (CVD)is estimated using gender-specific Framingham score. data analysis shows nearly 55% subjects are in low-risk category, 35% issues intermediate-risk 10% high-risk category developing based on estimation 10 years risk. concluded that at intermediate high CVD.Cardiovascular have become leading cause India. exposed several possible diseases. Low physical activity levels associated with higher CVD

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: International journal of life science and pharma research

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2250-0480']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22376/ijlpr.2023.13.2.l219-l226