AIMS To see whether the diabetic individuals identified by the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) also have a higher prevalence of diabetes related complications. METHODS Type 2 diabetic subjects were selected from the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study in south India. Four field stereo retinal colour photography was done and diabetic retinopathy [DR] was classified according to Early Trea...

The population of the UK includes approximately 1.6 million people of Indian Asian descent, most of whom are first or second generation migrants. In UK Indian Asians, mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) is 40% higher, and admission rates with myocardial infarction are twofold higher, compared to the European white population. The increase in CHD risk is most striking in young men, among...

OBJECTIVE The accurate prediction of type 1 diabetes is essential for appropriately identifying prevention trial participants. Thus, we have developed a risk score for the prediction of type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 (DPT-1) participants, islet cell autoantibody (ICA)-positive relatives of type 1 diabetic patients (n = 670), were randomly divided...

Objective The objective of our study was to assess the risk for diabetes using Indian Diabetic Risk Score (IDRS) questionnaire and compare components IDRS between groups. Methods It a cross-sectional involving 270 male female attendees who visited Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute Medical Sciences (MAPIMS) from December 2019 May 2020. assessed questionnaire. Statistical Package Social (SPS...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES With increasing number of people with diabetes worldwide, particularly in India, it is necessary to search for low cost screening methods. We compared the effectiveness and costs of screening for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), using oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) alone, or following a positive result from the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) or foll...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to develop a precise risk score for the screening of large populations for individuals at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes based on noninvasive measurements of major risk factors in German study populations. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A prospective cohort study (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition [EPIC]-Potsdam study) of 9,729 men and 15,43...