Publications by authors named "Rajendra S Thangjam"
Objective: To study the factors associated with waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) among school children aged 5-15 y and its association with hypertension.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data on background characteristics, socioeconomic status (SES), anthropometric parameters, and blood pressure were obtained from school children from three states of India. WHtR ≥ 0.
Background Hypertension in children is often under recognized, especially in developing countries. Data from rural areas of developing countries is particularly lacking. Objectives To study prevalence of hypertension and its determinants in apparently health school children from predominantly rural populations of India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEchocardiographic prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Indian school children using World Heart Federation criteria - A multi site extension of RHEUMATIC study (the e-RHEUMATIC study).
Anita Saxena Ankush Desai Kedareshwar Narvencar Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan Rajendra Singh Thangjam
Int J Cardiol
December 2017
Article Synopsis
- Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a significant health issue in developing countries, with echocardiographic screenings revealing many more subclinical cases than clinical ones among school children.
- A study involving 16,294 children aged 5-15 years in India found a prevalence of RHD at 7.7 per 1,000, with borderline and definite cases being more common than clinical RHD.
- Factors like older age and female gender were linked to a higher prevalence of RHD, highlighting the necessity for echocardiographic screenings in the community to detect these often unnoticed cases.