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. 2014 Sep;18(5):731-4.
doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.139219.

Diabetes mellitus: Trends in northern India

Manish Gutch  1 , Syed Mohd Razi  1 , Sukriti Kumar  2 , Keshav Kumar Gupta  1
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Diabetes mellitus: Trends in northern India

Manish Gutch et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is becoming a global health issue with more than 80% diabetics living in developing countries. India accounts for 62.4 million diabetics (2011). Indian Council of Medical Research India Diabetes Study (ICMR-INDIAB) study showed highest weighted prevalence rate in the north India among all studied regions. Diabetes in north India has many peculiarities in all aspects from risk factors to control programmers. North Indians are becoming more prone for diabetes and dyslipidemia because rapid westernization of living style and diet due rapid migration to metropolitan cities for employment. North Indian diabetes is plagued with gender bias against females, poor quality of health services, myths, and lack of disease awareness compounded with small number of prevention and awareness programmers that too are immature to counteract the growing pandemic.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; diabetic myths; financial burden; northern India; urbanization.

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