TY - JOUR
T1 - Dietary Calcium Intake and Physical Activity Levels among Urban South Indian Type 2 Diabetic Patients
AU - Raj, Jeffrey Pradeep
AU - Selvaraj, Dhiraj Ravindran
AU - Thomas, John C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor for osteoporosis. Data regarding dietary calcium intake (DCI) among T2DM patients in South India are limited. Thus, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 205 T2DM patients from 5 randomly chosen diabetes clinics across Erode city, Tamil Nadu. The mean DCI was 583.72 ± 32.23 mg per day, with 78.5% of patients consuming less than the recommended daily allowance. Low physical activity was noted in 45% of the participants. Other variables, low knowledge scores (adjusted odds ratio; 95% confidence interval) (4.65; 1.43-12.16), unemployment (2.76; 1.57-4.62), being elderly (2.05; 1.23-5.27), and female (1.59; 1.09-4.27), were significantly associated with low DCI.
AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor for osteoporosis. Data regarding dietary calcium intake (DCI) among T2DM patients in South India are limited. Thus, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 205 T2DM patients from 5 randomly chosen diabetes clinics across Erode city, Tamil Nadu. The mean DCI was 583.72 ± 32.23 mg per day, with 78.5% of patients consuming less than the recommended daily allowance. Low physical activity was noted in 45% of the participants. Other variables, low knowledge scores (adjusted odds ratio; 95% confidence interval) (4.65; 1.43-12.16), unemployment (2.76; 1.57-4.62), being elderly (2.05; 1.23-5.27), and female (1.59; 1.09-4.27), were significantly associated with low DCI.
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U2 - 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000166
DO - 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000166
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060946483
SN - 0883-5691
VL - 34
SP - 39
EP - 46
JO - Topics in Clinical Nutrition
JF - Topics in Clinical Nutrition
IS - 1
ER -
