Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in Indians

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 425-427

  Ramachandran, A ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Risk factors; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Urban rural population

Indexed keywords

FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INDIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0038166692     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Ramaiya KL, Kodali VRR, Alberti KGMM - Epidemiology of diabetes in Asians of the Indian Sub Continent. Diabetes Metab Rev 1990; 6: 125-46.
2. Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Latha E, Vijay V, Viswanathan M - Rising prevalence of NIDDM in urban population in India. Diabetologia 1997; 40: 232-7.
3. Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Kapur A, Vijay V, Mohan V, Das AK, et al - High prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in India: National Urban Diabetes Survey (NUDS). Diabetologia 2001; 44: 1094-101.
4. Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Daisy D, Viswanathan M - Prevalence of glucose intolerance in Asian Indians: urban-rural difference and significance of upper body adiposity. Diabetes Care 1992; 15: 1348-55.
5. Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Latha E, Manoharan M, Vijay V - Impacts of urbanisation on the lifestyle and on the prevalence of diabetes in native Asian Indian population. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1999; 44: 207-13.
6. Viswanathan M, McCarthy MI, Snehalatha C, Hitman GA, Ramachandran A - Familial aggregation of type 2 (noninsulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in south India: absence of excess maternal transmission. Diabet Med 1996; 13: 232-7.
7. Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Vijay V, Viswanathan M, Haffner SM - Risk of NIDDM conferred by obesity and central adiposity in different ethnic groups: a comparative analysis between Asian Indians, Mexicans Americans and Whites. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1997; 36: 121-5.
8. Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A, Vijay V, Viswanathan M - Differences in plasma insulin responses in urban and rural Indians: a study in southern Indians. Diabet Med 1994; 11: 445-8.
9. Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A, Satyavani K, Vijay V, Haffner SM - Specific insulin and proinsulin concentration in nondiabetic south Indians. Metabolism 1998; 47: 230-3.
10. Alberti KGMM - The clinical implications of impaired glucose-tolerance. Diabet Med 1996; 13: 927-37.
11. Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Latha E, Satyavani K, Vijay V - Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in urban Asian Indians. Diabetes Care 1998; 21: 967-71.
12. King H, Aubert RE, Herman WH - Global burden of diabetes 1995-2025: prevalence, numerical estimates and projection. Diabetes Care 1998; 21: 1414-31.