Discriminating Bangladesh Adults by the Prevalence of Diabetic Elevated Blood Pressure

Abstract

The analytical results presented here were based on data collected from 960 adults of ages 18 years and above residing in both urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. The data were collected by some doctors and nurses from and nearby their working places according to quota sampling plan. The objective of the study was to investigate the impacts of different socioeconomic variables on simultaneous sufferings of adults from diabetes and high blood pressure and to identify the most responsible variables to discriminate the sufferer and non-sufferer adults. The analysis indicated that 5.4 percent adults were simultaneously suffering from both diabetes and elevated high pressure. The most responsible variable for the diseases was duration of the disease followed by wasting time by sedentary activities, body mass index, age, habit of taking can food and restaurant food, etc. These variables were identified by discriminant analysis.