1. Management of Type II Diabetes by Modulating the Modifiable Risk Factors: A Future Roadmap for Prevention of Cerebrovascular Complications
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Priya Battu, Navneet Kaur, Akshay Anand, Hongasandhra R Nagendra, Raghuram Nagarathna, Neeru Malik, Kanupriya Sharma, and Amit Singh
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Waist ,Diabetes risk ,Population ,Physical activity ,physical activity ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Chandigarh ,03 medical and health sciences ,IDRS ,0302 clinical medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,Environmental health ,medicine ,Family history ,Risk factor ,education ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,Original Articles ,medicine.disease ,waist circumference ,Risk assessment ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background: Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) is a screening tool for quantifying the risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) development in the Indian population. The present study has evaluated the level of risk of developing DM in Chandigarh and Panchkula based on the IDRS score. Methods: As a part of a national diabetes control trial funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, 1,916 participants from the Chandigarh and Panchkula regions were assessed for the risk of developing DM. Risk assessment was done on the basis of the IDRS score which includes age, family history, waist circumference, and physical activity as its contributing factors. Participants with an IDRS score 60 were in the high-risk category for DM. Results: Out of the 1,916 screened respondents (59.86% females and 40.14% males), 894 participants (46.65%) were at a high risk for DM (IDRS >60), 764 (39.87%) were at a moderate risk (IDRS = 30–60), and 258 (13.46%) were at a low risk (IDRS Conclusion: The Chandigarh and Panchkula population showed a high tendency to develop DM based on the IDRS score. Modifiable risk factors such as waist circumference and physical activity were the major contributing factors. Apart from the modifiable risk factors, age was also another major contributing risk factor. Based on these outcomes, lifestyle modifications like yoga and exercise can be proposed for this population as a preventive approach to reduce the risk of developing DM and other associated cerebrovascular complications.
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- 2021