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Volume 9 Issue 1 (January, 2021)

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Health Profile of Male Adolescents in District Amritsar - A Comparative Study Of Rural Urban Difference
Gagan Preet Singh, Tejbir Singh, Shyam Sunder Deepti, Preeti Padda, Shamim Monga, Urvashi, Meenal Batta

BACKGROUND and OBJECTIVES: Effect of outer world is clearly seen as maximum cases of drug addiction, suicides and violence are reported in adolescent age group. The 70% of the mortality in adulthood is linked to habits picked up during adolescence. METHODS: A Cross Sectional study was carried out among the adolescent males born in rural and urban areas of district Amritsar. 30 cluster sampling for rural and urban population was done. A self structured proforma was used to record the information obtained by interview. RESULTS: In rural area 91(30.3%) male adolescents are underweight (BMI <18.5) whereas in urban area it is 42(14.0%). Among total 600 male adolescents, 485(80.8%) were having waist hip ratio less than 0.85, 90(15.0%) were having waist hip ratio between 0.85-0.90, 16(2.7%) were having waist hip ratio between 0.90 and 0.95, and 9(1.5%) were having waist hip ratio more than 0.95. The history of past chronic illness is slight higher in urban area as compare to rural area. CONCLUSION: Among total 600 male adolescents, majority 570 were having no history of chronic illness, 1(0.2%) was having diabetes, 3(0.5%) were having hypertension and 8(1.3%) were having asthma. Keywords: hypertension, cross sectional study, rural population.

 
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