title: High prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in affluent urban Indians.
abstract: The highest prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in developing countries occurs in the upper socio-economic group, but this has not been well documented in Indians. The age and sex standardized prevalence of diabetes in 1112 affluent adult Indian subjects was 21.1%. This is the highest prevalence of diabetes reported from India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boddula
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Genitta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Julka
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srikant
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bhatia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007182:Income; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*