The results of an Indian Council of Medical Research–India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study published recently in The Lancet show concerning levels of diabetes, hypertension, abdominal obesity and hypertriglyceridemia in India. More importantly, such high levels of disease prevalence were observed across the rural and urban regions of many States.
It must be noted that the burden of the above-mentioned non-communicable diseases and adverse health conditions is not equally high across all States. For instance, the prevalence of diseases such as diabetes was relatively low in rural Uttar Pradesh (0-4.9%). However, the region saw a relatively high prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia (≥25%) and abdominal obesity (≥25%). Similarly, in rural Gujarat, diabetes prevalence was relatively low (5-7.4%) whereas hypertension prevalence was relatively high (≥30%).
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