Validity of Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) in Population in and Around Agra.

India leads the world with largest number of Diabetic subjects earning the dubious distinction of "Diabetic Capital of the world." Every 5th patients visiting a physician is diabetic. Epidemiological data from various parts of country show a rising prevalence of diabetes. India faces a grave health care burden due to high prevalence of Type-2 diabetes and its sequelae. The brunt of disease is that type 2 DM frequently remains undiagnosed until its complications appear. Early detection and prompt treatment may reduce the burden of disease and its complications. There is good evidence that screening tests help to detect type 2 DM early in the course of disease, however due to lack of high class, cost effective protocols, screening is yet not recommended. V Mohan et al created Indian Diabetic Risk Score to screen the population for diabetes through the CURES study based on population in Chennai1. We applied the same score to population in and around Agra to assess its validity as prevalence of diabetes has been found to be different in northern population and southern population of India.