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Fernando DJ, Siribaddana SH, Silva DR, et al. The prevalence of obesity and other coronary risk factors in a suburban Sri Lankan community. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 1994;3(4):155-9
Fernando, D. J., Siribaddana, S. H., Silva, D. R., & Perera, S. D. (1994). The prevalence of obesity and other coronary risk factors in a suburban Sri Lankan community. Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition, 3(4), 155-9.
Fernando, D J, et al. "The prevalence of obesity and other coronary risk factors in a suburban Sri Lankan community." Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition vol. 3,4 (1994): 155-9.
Fernando DJ, Siribaddana SH, Silva DR, Perera SD. The prevalence of obesity and other coronary risk factors in a suburban Sri Lankan community. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 1994 Dec;3(4):155-9. PMID: 24351325.
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Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 1994 Dec;3(4):155-9.

The prevalence of obesity and other coronary risk factors in a suburban Sri Lankan community.

Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition

D J Fernando, S H Siribaddana, D R Silva, S D Perera

Affiliations

  1. Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital, TalapathpitEya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka and Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.

PMID: 24351325

Abstract

Increasing numbers of developing nations experience a rising incidence of non-communicable diseases in parallel with economic development. Thus, developing countries such as Sri Lanka face the double burden of both communicable and non-communicable diseases. We therefore conducted a study to assess the prevalence of obesity, diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), dyslipidaemias, hypertension, central (android) obesity, hypertension and smoking habits in a random sample of 633 (312 male) subjects selected from an electoral list with a target population of 2974 persons. The prevalence (age standardized to the world population of Segi 95% CI) was IGT 5.27 (3.74-7.78), diabetes 5.02 (3.59-6.53), hypertension 15.25 (11.67-18.8), hypercholesterolaemia 14.86 (11.09-18.61), hypertriglyceridaemia 8.46 (6.27-10.64), low HDL cholesterol 11.18 (8.35-13.99), obesity 9.89 (7.24-12.52) and android obesity 16.35 (12.47-20.24). We conclude that the high prevalence of coronary risk factors is an indication for initiating programmes for primary prevention of obesity, diabetes and coronary heart disease in Sri Lanka.

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