Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and its Risk Factors in Urban Field Practice Area of Chitradurga

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is one of the non-communicable disease which has become a major globalhealth problem. A study done by the Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR) in 1970s reported aprevalence of 2.3% in urban areas(1,2) which has risen to 12-19% in 2000s. Although improving control ofdiabetes in India is important, the associated risks of tight control in high risk groups should also be kept inmind.Objectives: To study the prevalence of diabetes in urban population and to estimate the usefulness of theIndian diabetes risk score for detecting undiagnosed diabetes.Materials and Method: This is a community-based cross-sectional (descriptive) study carried out in theurban field practice area of Basaveswara Medical College and hospital which covers a population of 31186from July to October 2019. Data was collected by using a validated questionnaire by house to house visit tofind out the prevalence and the risk of diabetes mellitus in general population by using Indian diabetes riskscore.Results: A total of 624 respondents were interviewed. Among them 298(24.35%) females and 326(26.63%)were males. Most 422(34.48%) had no family history of diabetes mellitus and 338 (27.61%) individualswere in the overweight category. Out of these overweight persons, 36.6% had high diabetic risk score.