Interestingly, Diabetes Atlas in 2009 had estimated that India had 50 million people with diabetes. But the current study, which was more authentic as it covered rural and urban population and was largest in the world, had found that there had been 12 million more diabetes cases when compared to previous study last year.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Dr V Mohan of Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and a principal investigator of the study, and Dr V Anjana, a co-principal investigator, said the first phase of the results of the study, after extrapolating the data of 16,000 samples collected in three States and a Union Territory, has found that prevalence of diabetes in the age group of 20-25 is on the rise.

Once completed, the study would have a sample size of 1.26 lakh spread across 28 States and two Union Territories. “We are selecting 4,000 samples from each state,” said Dr Mohan.

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Source: The New Indian Express