European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

INCREASING PREVALENCE OF TYPE 2 DM WITH ADVANCING AGE: AWAKENING ALARM FOR YOUTH OF NORTH INDIAN POPULATION

*Dr. Hina Nafees, Dr. Satyam Khare, Dr. Gautam Sarkar, Dr. Shilpi Jain, Dr. Priti Sinha, Dr. Dilshad Ahmed Usmani

ABSTRACT

This study was planned to evaluate if incidence and prevalence of diabetes rises with increasing age in North Indian population. A total of 150 diabetic patients and 150 normal controls were taken for study. The fasting glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) were recorded with standard procedure. The statistical analysis was done by using SPSS software. Mean fasting blood sugar of diabetic patients was 150.68 ± 37.02 and that of healthy control was 88.43 ± 8.17 (p < 0.0001). The mean % of glycosylated hemoglobin in diabetic patients was 7.6 ± 1.06 and 5.30 ± 0.16 in healthy control. A statistically significant difference was found with p < 0.0001. The mean age of the subjects was 55.64 ± 11.34 and 33 ± 37.24 yrs. For the diabetic and control group respectively, P < 0.0001. Results of the study concluded that there is a sharp increase in incidence of diabetes mellitus type 2 with increasing age in North Indian population.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus type 2, Aging, lifestyle, Insulin resistance.