Cardiac risks evaluation in young male students pursuing professional courses: Urban vs Rural students (18-25 years)

Dr. Archana Goel; Dr. Nidhi Puri; Dr. Vinay Goel

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

Cardiac risks evaluation in young male students pursuing professional courses: Urban vs Rural students (18-25 years)

Dr. Archana Goel, Dr. Nidhi Puri, Dr. Vinay Goel

Abstract :

Hypertension is an important worldwide public health challenge. Various anthropometric indices like BMI, WHR, and WHtR have been found to be predictors for many diseases like hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery diseases. Present study was done on 200 male professional students belonging to rural and urban areas of Haryana and Punjab. Subjects were classified according to indices and blood pressure as per latest guidelines. Prevalence of deranged parameters were more in urban subjects. Prevalence of medium level of stress and pre hypertension was more in rural students. High fat and salt intake, sedentary life style, genetic associations were positively associated with high blood pressure among urban professional students. Whereas history of smoking, and stress levels were higher in all the rural professional students. Male professional urban students having more risk of CVD. While rural students are more exposed to less sleep, raised stress level, increased smoking lead to pre hypertensive condition which is one of the predisposing factor of CVD.