Chair is on a visit to Institute of Developing Economies, Japan during 19 to 25 March 2023.

Chair is on a visit to Flame University as a visiting faculty from 13 February 2023 to 13 April 2023.

Our Founder President Dr. K.C. Zachariah departed us on 17th January 2023.

Chair is part of both Jharkhand Migration Survey 2023 (10000 households) and Odisha Migration Survey 2023 (15000 households)

publications

BMI mediates the association of family medical history with self-reported hypertension and diabetes among older adults: Evidence from baseline wave of the longitudinal aging study in India

Published on July 23, 2022

T.Muhammad C.V.Irshad S. Irudaya Rajan

•A proportion of 32.70% and 14.23% of older adults in this study were diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes, respectively.

•A proportion of 19.48% and 14.69% of older adults had a family history of hypertension and diabetes, respectively.

•Respondents with family history of both diseases had higher odds of reporting them than those with no such family history.

•Association of family medical history and reporting hypertension or diabetes was significantly mediated by body mass index.