Aims Considering a surge in the incidence of Diabetes mellitus (DM) across all ethnic
groups and lack of any representative data from the tribal communities of Jammu and …

Aim: To estimate the prevalence and study the socio-demographic correlates of type 2
diabetes among adults aged 30 years and above. Setting and Design: A cross-sectional …

Objective: The study was designed to estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among the
urban slum population and to make a valid comparison of differential prevalences along with …

Objective There is no information available on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes from rural
population of Haryana. Therefore, a study was conducted to find out the prevalence rate and …

Abstract Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus is a non-communicable disease that affects people
worldwide and poses major public health and socioeconomic challenges. Methods: This …

Background: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is on the increase in developing
countries due to urbanization, ageing population, physical inactivity and the high prevalence …

Background: India is facing diabetic explosion. The cause may be both nature and nurture.
As per King et al.(1998) incidence of diabetes in India will increase by 95% in 2025 and the …

Introduction: the African region of the world is experiencing a double epidemic of both
communicable and non-communicable diseases. The objective of the study was to …

Objective: To estimate the usefulness of the Indian diabetes risk score for detecting
undiagnosed diabetes in the rural area of Tamil Nadu. Materials and Methods: The present …

Background: For a long time Africa was considered safe from diabetes. However, the
International Diabetes Federation predicts an increase in diabetes from 240 million in 2007 …