Approximately 5% of patients visiting a physician are diabetic [1]. India is a resource-poor country, so we need to identify a low-cost, easy-to-use, noninvasive tool to screen the population for Diabetes mellitus [2]. More emphasis on the NCD program is needed in order to strengthen screening of the general population with the help of grassroots-level workers, so that maximum DM suspects can be identified and referred to the NCD Clinic. That’s why the study was conducted on IDRS, BMI, and WC in the north Indian population [3][4]. The current study aimed to predict the effectiveness of the Indian Diabetes Risk Score in screening for Diabetes Mellitus (DM) among the people of Kanpur Nagar.
Objective: To assess the efficacy of the Indian diabetic risk score (IDRS) in predicting Diabetes mellitus among adults. To compare the efficacy of the Indian diabetic risk score (IDRS) BMI, WC in predicting Diabetes mellitus among adults of Kanpur Nagar.
Setting &Design: A community-based cross-sectional study.
Methods & Materials: Adults 20 years of age and older were involved in the study. A pre-designed, pretested questionnaire comprising anthropometry, lifestyle, and sociodemographic data was used to collect data through interviews. Diabetes was detected via blood sugar testing. SPSS version 29.0.2.0 (20) was used for statistical analysis, with Pearson’s chi-square test applied.
Results: The overall prevalence of diabetes was 13% with 9.2% in rural and 17.65% in urban regions. Age, physical activity, socioeconomic level, smoking, alcohol use, BMI (≥ 25), weight-height ratio (WHtR), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and family history of diabetes were all significantly associated with diabetes in both settings. There was no correlation between diabetes and caste, gender or religion.
Conclusions: Urban areas have a higher prevalence of diabetes than rural ones. Diabetes mellitus and its consequences can be avoided or postponed with early identification and evaluation of high-risk persons in both areas.