Rising prevalence of NIDDM in an urban population in India

Ramachandran, Ambady; Snehalatha, Chamukuttan; Latha, E.; Vijay, V.; Viswanathan, M

doi:10.1007/s001250050668

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“…Though earlier studies have documented a rising prevalence of diabetes in India [5,7], they have compared data from different regions of India or different parts within a state [7]. To compare secular trends, it would be more accurate to document the prevalence of diabetes within the same region.…”

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“…We compared the prevalence rates obtained in this study with those in three earlier studies conducted in Chennaithe first in 1989 [4], the second in 1995 [5] and the third, the National Urban Diabetes Survey (NUDS) in 2000 in six cities, including Chennai [6]. All three studies used WHO criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes and IGT and were conducted on a representative population of Chennai which takes socio-economic diversity into account.…”

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Secular trends in the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in urban South India—the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES-17)

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Secular trends in the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in urban South India—the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES-17)

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“…Twelve surveys from Europe [12,13,14,15,16,17,18] including a survey from Malta, three surveys from India [19,20,21], two surveys from China and three surveys from Japan [22,23,24] fulfilled these criteria and were included in the study. A total of 29,369 subjects (14,240 men and 15,129 women) who were 30 to 89 years of age were included in the analysis (Table 1).…”

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Age, body mass index and Type 2 diabetes?associations modified by ethnicity

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Diabetologia

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Aims/hypothesis. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of ethnicity on the association between age and body mass index as well as the prevalence of diabetes. Methods. We selected population-based studies carried out after 1980 in the DECODE/A studies representing different ethnic groups: 11 European, 1 Maltese, 3 Indian, 2 Chinese and 3 Japanese surveys. The total numbers of subjects were 14,240 men and 15,129 women who were 30 to 89 years of age. Diabetes was diagnosed according to the 1999 World Health Organization criteria based on a standard 75 g OGTT. Sexspecific prevalence of diabetes by age and BMI was stratified by ethnic group, in particular the interaction of ethnicity on the associations between age/BMI and the prevalence of diabetes.Results. The prevalence of diabetes was higher in studies from India and Malta compared to Japan, China, and the rest of Europe. The association between BMI and diabetes, adjusted for age, showed noticeable differences between the ethnic groups with an increase in prevalence starting at a BMI between 15 and 20 kg/m 2 in the Maltese and Indian populations compared to 25 kg/m 2 in Europeans. Conclusion/interpretation. The effect of BMI on the age-adjusted prevalence of Type 2 diabetes was modified by ethnicity with considerably lower thresholds in Indian and Maltese subjects compared to those from the rest of Europe. This difference should be reflected in national and international recommendations regarding "optimal" BMI.

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“…In a developing country such as India, diabetes mellitus is a significant cause of blindness. 8 Laser treatment combined with tight control of diabetes will prevent retinal detachment, which will need a more invasive treatment. Early detection and detailed examination by a trained vitreoretinal surgeon will improve visual prognosis after retinal detachment surgery.…”

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confidence: 99%