Open AccessScreening for the risk of diabetes among people aged 31 to 40 years using Indian' diabetic risk score among people attending medicine out-patient department of a tertiary care hospital in Chennai
Author(s) -
Subhashree Bangaru Muthuvelraj,
G Rakesh Maiya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1655_20
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , waist , family history , population , incidence (geometry) , cross sectional study , pediatrics , family medicine , obesity , environmental health , endocrinology , physics , optics , pathology
With an estimated 8.7% of the diabetic population in the 20 and 70 age group, diabetes is a rising problem in India. It is important to screen for diabetes, so that the incidence of diabetes and its complications can be controlled. IDRS is a simple method useful for diabetes risk screening.