More than 55 per cent men and 65 per cent women currently aged 20 years in India are likely to develop diabetes in their lifetime. Most of those cases (around 95 per cent) are likely to be type 2 diabetes (T2D), a recent study published in Diabetologia (the official journal of the European Association for Study of Diabetes) has revealed.
Chennai: With Obesity having a substantial negative impact in this study, the research stated that the lifetime risk was highest among obese metropolitan Indians: 86 per cent among 20-year-old obese women and 87 per cent among obese men.
For people with normal or underweight BMI, the risk was around 41.2 per cent among 20-year-old underweight/normal-weight men and 51.6 per cent among under-weight/normal-weight women.
The research is by a team led by Dr Shammi Luhar, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK, collaborating with Dr V Mohan of Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre.
For people with normal or underweight BMI, the risk was around 41.2 per cent among 20-year-old underweight/normal-weight men and 51.6 per cent among under-weight/normal-weight women.
The research is by a team led by Dr Shammi Luhar, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK, collaborating with Dr V Mohan of Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre.
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