High prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in affluent urban Indians.
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.
Boddula
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Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India.
Yadav
S
S
Bhatia
V
V
Genitta
G
G
Pandey
D
D
Kumar
A
A
Singh
H K
HK
Ramesh
V
V
Julka
S
S
Bansal
B
B
Srikant
K
K
Bhatia
E
E
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*