Ramachandran A
Diabetes Research Centre & MV Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai 600013.
J Indian Med Assoc. 2002 Jul;100(7):425-7.
Prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally. India have the maximum increase during the last few years. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the commonest form of diabetes. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is 2.4% in rural population and 11.6% in urban population. Prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance is also high in the urban population. Subjects under 40 years of age have a higher prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance than diabetes. The important risk factors for high prevalence of diabetes include: High familial aggregation, obesity specially central one, insulin resistance and lifestyle changes due to rapid urbanisation. Diabetes Research Centre, Madras carried out many studies regarding the risk factors involved in causing type 2 diabetes mellitus. The results of these studies are mentioned here in this article to have a glimpse of overall risk factors involved in causation of diabetes mellitus.
全球糖尿病患病率正在上升。印度在过去几年中增长幅度最大。2型糖尿病是最常见的糖尿病类型。农村人口中2型糖尿病的患病率为2.4%，城市人口中为11.6%。城市人口中糖耐量受损的患病率也很高。40岁以下人群糖耐量受损的患病率高于糖尿病。糖尿病高患病率的重要风险因素包括：高家族聚集性、肥胖尤其是中心性肥胖、胰岛素抵抗以及快速城市化导致的生活方式改变。马德拉斯糖尿病研究中心开展了许多关于导致2型糖尿病的风险因素的研究。本文提及这些研究结果，以初步了解糖尿病病因中涉及的总体风险因素。
