Prevalence and Association of Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Obesity, and Central obesity among Army Areas in Royal Thai Army Personnel
Keywords:
Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Soldiers, Royal Thai ArmyAbstract
Background: Non-communicable diseases and obesity are one of the leading causes of healthcare issues in Thailand, costing more than 500 million baht per year in prevention and healthcare promotions. The Royal Thai Army has fewer studies on non-communicable diseases than other professions, even though the military is one of the biggest forces in Thailand that has an important role in the preservation of the nation.
Objective: To study the prevalence and association between diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and central obesity and five army areas.
Method: Data from the annual health checkup database of military personnel with 119,210 participants conducted in 2020 were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Chi-square).
Result: The study showed Among 119,210 Army personnel, there were 71,810 persons (60.2%) had at least one disease of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and central obesity. Among Royal Thai Army personnel, dyslipidemia was the most prevalent (74.5%) followed by obesity (43.0%) and Central obesity (31.8%). Distributed by army areas, Bangkok and neighboring provinces had the highest number of personnel with diseases at 68.1%. The association between the prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Obesity, Central obesity, and Army areas was found (p-value<0.01)
Conclusion: Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Obesity, and Central are important problems of the Royal Thai Army. Therefore, more detailed studies on the causes of the disease and disease prevention in each army area should be developed. This will be useful to prevent diseases and complications that may occur in the future with a limited budget.
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