Over 11 Percent Of Indians Are Diabetic, 35.5 Percent Suffer From Hypertension: Study
Hyderabad, June 9 (Maxim News): A new study by the Indian Council of Medical Research -India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) found that over 11 per cent of Indians are diabetic, while 35.5 percent of people suffer from hypertension. Similarly, the prevalence of prediabetes and dyslipidaemia in India stood at 15.3 per cand 81.2 per cent.
A total of 1,13,043 individuals, including 79,506 from rural areas and 33,537 from urban areas, took part in the ICMR-INDIAB study between Oct 18, 2008 and December 17, 2020.
The ‘Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India, the ICMR-INDIAB national cross-sectional study’ was conducted to quantify the prevalence of non- communicable disease (NCD) in India, and the findings of the study were published in the journal. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
The report said that the prevalence of diabetes and other NCDs is substantially higher than what was estimated earlier. The study also found that the prevalence of abdominal obesity in India stood at 39.5 per cent, while generalised obesity stood at 39.5 per cent.
The study was funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research and Department of Health Research, Ministry of health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
All metabolic NCDS, excluding prediabetes, was most common in urban and rural areas. (Maxim News)
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