Prevalence of Diabetes and Hypertension Among Overweight and Normal Women: A Comparative Study

The present study was aimed to estimate the Prevalence of diabetes and hypertension among overweight and normal women from Thiruvananthapuram District. In the present study descriptive comparative research design is used. The samples were 628 women between 30-60 years of age, who were selected by multistage sampling technique from Alanthara ward. Data was collected for duration of one month. The data were tabulated using descriptive and inferential statistics. From the present study it was found that diabetes and hypertension was more prevalent in overweight women.The findings of the study revealed that, 38.9% of overweight women were diabetic, (91.3%) and (8.7%) were hypertensive. The present study revealed that there was significant association between age and diabetes (P<0.000), age and hypertension (P<0.01), dietary pattern and diabetes (P<0.000) and also there is significant association between occupation and hypertension (P<0.001).