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An increasing trend of type2 Diabetes mellitus is seen with age. Visceral or central obesity is a very common risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes Mellitus. Hence any index which reliably measures obesity can be used as a tool to predict the risk of Diabetes. We have attempted to correlate waist to hip ratio (WHR) as an anthropometric index to predict the risk of diabetes. When WHR of men is more than 0.9 and women is more than 0.8 the risk increases. MATERIALS & METHODS: 300 diabetic patients (150 males, 150 females) and 300 controls (150 males, 150 females) were selected and their WHR were measured. The study was done in Gandhi medical college over a period of 2 years. Individuals were grouped according to gender and HWR. Data analysis was done by excel sheet and SPSS software. RESULTS: There was significant association between WHR and DM in both males and females. DISCUSSION: Obesity especially visceral leads to insulin resistance and finally DM. This is because adipocytes produce biologic products which modulate insulin action. CONCLUSIONS: Our study proves that HWR screening is a simple and cost effective anthropometric predictor of risk for diabetes. This can be used for mass screening as it is quick and needs less expertise.
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