title: Indian diabetes risk score and clustering of metabolic syndrome phenotype in a rural community of Asian Indian origin.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was aimed at finding out the efficacy of Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) in identifying the individuals with increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome (MS) phenotype.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1007 (645 males and 362 females) rural participants aged ≥ 20 years took part in the study. Anthropometric measures and blood pressure were collected using standard techniques. Metabolic profiles and insulin were also estimated and HOMA-IR was calculated accordingly.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There existed significant differences by IDRS categories for waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, waist-height ratio, body mass index, percentage body fat, sum of four skinfolds, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high, low and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure. Significant (p<0.001) age group differences were also evident for IDRS categories. Remarkably higher prevalence of MS was observed with increasing IDRS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IDRS could be used to identify the individuals with increased risk of developing MS phenotype in this population.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Tanmay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: arnab_cu@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Arnab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
keywords: Asian Indians; CVD; Diabetes; IDRS; Metabolic syndrome