Current health status and its risk factors of the Tsarang villagers living at high altitude in the Mustang district of Nepal

Current health status and its risk factors of the Tsarang villagers living at high altitude in the Mustang district of Nepal

Abstract Background Epidemiology of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) are influenced by multiple hosts and environmental factors. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of NCDs and determine their risk factors among the adults residing in an isolated v...

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Main Authors: Sweta Koirala, Masayuki Nakano, Hiroaki Arima, Shouhei Takeuchi, Tomo Ichikawa, Takayuki Nishimura, Hiromu Ito, Basu Dev Pandey, Kishor Pandey, Takayuki Wada, Taro Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Subjects:
High altitude
Health status
Noncommunicable diseases
Cross-sectional studies
Risk factors
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40101-018-0181-y

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