Abstract
The present study was conducted in the Urban Health centre, Muthialpet, Pondicherry covering a population of 40000 from July to October 2007 by using a predesigned and pretested proforma to find out the risk of diabetes in general population by using Indian Diabetes Risk Score. A total of 616 respondents were studied comprising 325(53%) females and 290(47%) males. Majority 518(85%) were Hindus. Of them, 380 (62 %) had studied up to higher secondary and above, 539 (87%) belonged to upper middle and upper socioeconomic class. A large number of the subjects 422(68%) were above 35 years of age. Most of the respondents 558(90.50%) indulged in mild to moderate physical activity. Again, 422 (68.50%) had no family history of diabetes mellitus, 315 (51%) individuals were in the overweight category (>25 BMI), and 261 (83%) of high Diabetic Risk Score individuals were overweight. It is observed that chances of high diabetic score increase with the increase in BMI. Prevalence of diabetes in the studied population were 51 (8.27%), out of that 39 (76%) had high (>60) IDRS score. The relationship between BMI and IDRS shows that if BMI increases from under weight (<18.50) to obesity (>30) chances of risk for diabetes also increases significantly.
Highlights
Great efforts have been made by developed countries to control infectious diseases, noncommunicableCorrespondence to Dr Sanjay K
International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimated that currently there are 100 million people with diabetes worldwide representing about 6% of all adults.[1]
Prevalence for most risk factors was very high among known diabetics compared to people with Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) >60, it retrospectively proved that if you do not reverse prevalence of risk factors, one is likely to get diabetes
Summary
Great efforts have been made by developed countries to control infectious diseases, noncommunicableCorrespondence to Dr Sanjay K. Great efforts have been made by developed countries to control infectious diseases, noncommunicable. Int J Diab Dev Ctries | October-December 2009 | Volume 29 | Issue 4 diseases have not received the same attention. Diabetes mellitus is one of the noncommunicable diseases which have become a major global health problem. The. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimated that currently there are 100 million people with diabetes worldwide representing about 6% of all adults.[1] This. Þgure is predicted to reach 240 million by 2010.[1] Asia is one of the regions that have high prevalence of diabetes and it is estimated that 20% of current global diabetic population resides in South-East Asia Region. The number of people with diabetes in India is likely to double in less than 2 decades, from 39.9 million (in 2007)
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