ASSOCIATION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS LIKE BODY MASS INDEX, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, WAIST-HIP RATIO AS PREDICTORS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

BACKGROUND \nOverweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions globally with the adoption of westernised lifestyle. The prevalence \nof Type 2 Diabetes is showing a rapid progression worldwide, a phenomenon largely contributed by increasing prevalence of \nobesity, body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio have been shown to be associated with type 2 diabetes. \nOBJECTIVES \nTo study the association of anthropometric parameters like body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio as \npredictors of type 2 diabetes mellitus. \nMETHODS \nThis cross-sectional study included 125 cases of diabetes compared with 125 age and sex matched controls who visited the \nMedicine Outpatient Department of JSS Hospital, Mysore, for diabetic care, between November 2007 to June 2009 fulfilling \nthe inclusion and exclusion criteria. \nRESULTS \n57.1% of the diabetics had BMI in the overweight category and 22.2% were obese, while 41.1% of the controls were in the \nnormal range whereas 51.6% of the female diabetics had BMI in the overweight range and 38.7% were obese, while 44.9% \nin the control group were in the overweight range and 33.3% had a normal BMI. \nCONCLUSION \nThe present study demonstrated consistently strong associations of body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio \nwith diabetes.