• 1Rajapriya.K
• Vijayanchali.S.S

There is a growing risk of non-communicable diseases among children aged 5 to 9 years and adolescents aged 10–19 years in India, One in ten school-age children and adolescents were pre-diabetic and One percent of school-age children and adolescents were diabetic (CNNS,2019). “Today children are future leaders” the researcher started the study to save the children life.Objective of the study is to know the Association of Baseline Characteristics with RCBG among School Going Children. A community based study was designed to assess the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes among 953 school going children (10-12 years) boys and girls from four village Panchayath in Athoor Block of Dindigul district. Purposive Random Sampling was adapted for selection of respondents. Institutional Ethical Clearance was obtained before data collection. Demographic profile, were done through Interview Schedule, and biochemical assessment: Random Capillary Blood Glucose (RCG) was measured by Blood Glucose Monitor. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. It is a part of research work. Majority 96.5% of the respondents were non-diabetic and 3.5% of the respondents were prediabetic. Hundred per cent of the boys were predibetic. There was significant association and positive correlation between gender and RCBG Level of the respondents so rejecting the null hypothesis. There was significant association between RCBG and educational status of parents, occupational status of the parents, family income, and type of family of the respondents so rejecting the null hypothesis. There was no significant association between RCBG and grade, size of family of the respondents so accepting the null hypothesis. There was a positive correlation between RCBG and occupational status of mother, size of the family. There was a negative correlation between RCBG and educational status of the parents, family income, caste group and family type. There was a no correlation between RCBG and occupational status of the father, family income, caste group and family type. Some of the working mothers are not taking care of children properly, their children were buying and eating junk foods and not doing physical activity regularly that is also one of the reason for prediabetes. Household nutritional intervention is must to prevent Diabetes and Prediabetes.

Diabetic, Pre-Diabetic, School Going Adolescents, Random Capillary Blood Glucose(RCBG)

"Association of Baseline Characteristics with RCBG among School Going Children (10-12 Yrs) ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.e746-e751, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112489.pdf

"Association of Baseline Characteristics with RCBG among School Going Children (10-12 Yrs) ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppe746-e751, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112489.pdf