Sushant Pokhrel1 | Author | SciTechnol | Endocrinology & Diabete

Sushant Pokhrel1 Author

Sushant0okhrel@gmail.com

Subjects of specialization
Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Affiliation
Researcher, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences

Biography

Sushant Pokhrel has completed her Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Technology at the age of 22 years from Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences. She is working as the Laboratory Technologist at South Asian c and Diagnostic Centre. She is also working as a coordinator at Nepal Institute of Health Sciences. She has attended about four conferences organized in Nepal.

Publications

Special Issue Article Open Access

Diabetes risk score among young adult students

Author(s):

Manisha Sapkota¹, Alaska Timilsina¹, Mudita Shakya¹, Tika Bahadur Thapa¹, Sneha Shrestha¹, Sushant Pokhrel¹, Nischal Devkota², Bashu Dev Pardhe^1*

Background: Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease which is growing at worrying rate in developing country like Nepal. . It is prevalent in children, adolescent and young adults due to increase in risk factors such as over feeding, physical inactivity, obesity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess diabetes risk score among young individuals.

Methods: Across sectional study was conducted among students of age group (18 to 25 years) studying at Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences and Central Institute of Science and Technology. All the socio-demographic data, anthropometric measurements, lifestyle and dietary habits were recorded by using standard questionnaire. Fasting plasma glucose and lipid profile were estimated by usi... view more»

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