title: Screening among male industrial workers in India shows high prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance, undetected diabetes and cardiovascular risk clustering.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the magnitude of undetected diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors among male industrial workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Measurements of 2h post glucose blood glucose (2h PG), blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) were done in 8741 non-diabetic men of 35-55 years. Presence of family history of diabetes (FH) was noted. Risk associations with diabetes and IGT were studied using multiple logistic regression analysis. Clustering of overweight/obesity, abdominal obesity, hypertension was noted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of undetected diabetes (14.9%) and IGT (31.4%) were high. FH, age, hypertension and BMI showed strong associations with diabetes and IGT. More than 40% had clustering of risk factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High prevalence of undetected diabetes, IGT and clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors among young industrial workers mandates that regular screening for metabolic disorders should be undertaken to prevent development of severe morbidity in the productive years of life.
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jagannathan
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanditha
authors.forename: Selvam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Ananth Samith
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Chamukuttan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Snehalatha
authors.forename: Desmond G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Ambady
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors