Diabetes prevalence and its risk factors in urban Pondicherry

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.

Association of socio-demographic variables and risk of type 2 diabetes using Indian diabetes risk score: a cross-sectional study in urban Mysuru

“…In a study conducted by Gupta et al in urban Pondicherry, it was found that 6.4% of individuals who were underweight had high IDRS score whereas this proportion was 44.5% among obese individuals. 7 It was also observed, that among overweight individuals, 38.8% had high diabetes risk score and this proportion among those who had normal BMI was 38.8%. Statistical significance was observed among these groups (p<0.05).…”

“…Similar findings were published by Gupta et al, who reported that 31.2% of the population in urban Pondicherry had a high risk score. 7 However, a study conducted by Mohan et al, in the metropolitan city of Chennai, found 43% of the population was in the high-risk category. 8 The difference in risk prevalence between the current study and the one in Chennai may be due to variance in lifestyles of the populations.…”

“…The present study noted 42.5% of participants with moderate risk and 35.6% of participants with low risk, while Gupta et al found 50.3% of participants at moderate risk and 18.5% at low risk for diabetes. 7 In a study done by Krutharth et al in urban Mangalore, Karnataka, the differences between gender and IDRS components like waist circumference and physical activity was found to be statistically significant. 9 However, in our study we observed that there was statistically significant difference between gender and family history of diabetes component of IDRS (p=0.001) but not with other components like age, waist circumference and physical activity.…”

A study to determine the hidden part of the iceberg of diabetes, using Indian diabetes risk score as a screening tool in rural population of Bangalore, Karnataka, India

“…5 In a similar study conducted by Gupta et al, they found 31% of their study population to have a high risk score. 2 Reason for this difference could be the varied life styles of the study subjects, as our study was conducted in a rural area where as the other studies were done in an urban setting.…”

“…A study done by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in the 1970s reported a diabetes prevalence of 1% in rural areas which has increased to 4 -10 % in 2000. 2 Thus, it is seen that even in rural India, prevalence rates of diabetes is rising rapidly.…”