New Delhi: In a study conducted by the Indian government, it has been found that around 11 percent of Indians are suffering from diabetes. The study further reported that hypertension and obesity have increased more than before.
A study of 113,000 people in 31 Indian states from October 2008 to December 2020 found that 15 percent of Indians were in the pre-diabetic stage (a stage when blood sugar is elevated but not as high as type 2 diabetes). Diagnosed with diabetes) while about 35 percent were suffering from hypertension.
RS Dhaliwal from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said in a statement that the results of the research show that a large part of India’s population suffers from cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases of the organs. There are risks of complications.
ICMR, which funded the research, estimated that 10.1 million people in India are suffering from diabetes.
This number is 36 percent higher than the number of 74.2 million reported by the International Diabetes Federation in 2021.
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