3Novices:Diabetes prevalence higher in joint families than nuclear families: Study

The study also noted that T2DM prevalence was significantly higher in joint families than nuclear families, and highest among Jains as compared to other religions.

The study conducted on 5,444 residents of Dilshad Garden in east Delhi attempts to the understand the socio-economic and demographic factors among those who reported having Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) — the most common form of diabetes. Overall, T2DM was prevalent among 8.5 per cent of the total target population.

The study found self-reported prevalence of T2DM was more among men than women, and the highest among those aged between 60 and 69 years — showing an “increasing trend with increasing age”. In contrast, the study noted when it came to literacy, there was a “declining trend with increasing education after primary level”.

In terms of occupation, the study found it was most prevalent among retired persons, but the authors noted “multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that unemployed were more at risk of suffering from diabetes than employed”.

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The study also noted that T2DM prevalence was significantly higher in joint families than nuclear families, and highest among Jains as compared to other religions. The least prevalence of T2DM was among Muslims. Those with a per capita income of Rs 20,001 and above showed the highest prevalence, according to the study.

Gender-wise, the prevalence of T2DM was 9.1 per cent in men and 7.8 per cent in women. While the maximum number of subjects (23.2 per cent) of the study were aged between 20 and 29 years, the prevalence rate was the lowest (0.2 per cent) in this age bracket.

It was highest at 22.4 per cent among those aged between 60 and 69 years. While noting the “increasing trend with increasing age”, the study noted there seemed to be “a slight dip” in the 70 to 80 years age category, with 17.5 per cent prevalence of T2DM.

Religion-wise, while most subjects were Hindus (88.3 per cent) and the least were Jains (1.7 per cent), the prevalence of T2DM was highest among Jains (13.3 per cent), followed by Christians (11.1 per cent), Sikhs (9.8 per cent) and the least in Muslims at 7.5 per cent.

In terms of employment, prevalence of T2DM was least among the unemployed (0.7 per cent) and maximum among the retired (19.2 per cent), which the study noted could be related to age and factors such as “physical inactivity”.

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