Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Raja Selvarajan, Maumita Patra and Vidya Muralidhar
Corona Healthcare, India
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Women's Health Care
Background: Uncontrolled and Undiagnosed diabetes continues to be a global burden on society, governments, HCPs, adding
to this has been alarming rise in the incidence of diabetes in young. Many young females with PCOS are unaware of their
dysglycemic status. We conducted a screening study to study the prevalence of dysglycemia in young, in and around our clinic
with an urban population visitation in Bangalore.
Material and Methods: We prospectively conducted an observation study on 1056 outpatient subjects of both sexes who visited
our screening events conducted by Corona Sugars. The age range of the cohort was 18-65 years. A detailed clinical history
including family history of Diabetes, Hypertension, smoking /alcohol intake, Occupation status were recorded. Random blood
sugars of patients who had not measured their blood glucose levels for at least one year and their anthropometric data were
measured.
Results: In our study, out of 1056 screened prevalence of women with impaired glucose tolerance was 461. 51% of them were
under the age of 40 and 29% amongst them had PCOD.
Conclusion: Our study showed increasing burden of undiagnosed DM in all age groups, especially in young (18-40), which is
alarming. In young females PCOS was the probable contributing factor for development of T2DM along with faulty lifestyle,
sedentary extended working hours and urban lifestyle. Early identification of PCOS with dysglycemia, would help to prevent/
delay onset of Diabetes and its related complications.
Raja Selvarajan an eminent consultant physician & Diabetologist an Alumnus from M.S.Ramiah medical college, bangalore persuaded post-graduation, MDInternal medicine, further to which he obtained a post graduate diploma in diabetology. He served as an associate consultant -internal medicine & diabetology in BGS global hospital in bangalore, then at global hospital and health city at chennai. Later continued, as consultant physician & diabetologist with apollo group of hospitals, to cater specialty services in the field of diabetology. He has the special interest in the Epidemiology of Diabetes, Epidemiology, Gestational Diabetes and Diabetes in young. He Received national award at RSSDI 2013, the most prestigious diabetes conference in India.
E-mail: dr.raj23@gmail.com