Prevalence and factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension among the hill tribe elderly populations in northern Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (HT) are major noncommunicable health problems in both developing and developed countries, including Thailand. Each year, a large amount of money is budgeted for treatment and care. Hill tribe people are a marginalized population in Thailand, and members of its elderly population are vulnerable to health problems due to language barriers, lifestyles, and daily dietary intake.

Methods

An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of T2DM and HT and to assess the factors associated with T2DM and HT. The study populations were hill tribe elderly adults aged ≥  60 years living in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. A simple random method was used to select the targeted hill tribe villages and par

SUBMITTER: Apidechkul T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5989444 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature