摘要："Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic proportions globally. The World Health Organization estimated that there will 300 million cases of diabetes in the world by year 2025 and maxi-mum number of cases expected in India. As there is no efficient surveillance system in India for non communicable diseases, epi-demiological studies are urgently needed in this region of the country. Aims and objectives: To determine the prevalence of Diabetes mellitus in an urbanized village of East Delhi and factors associated with Diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods: This is a community based cross sectional study, conducted in residents of Gazipur. Sample size came to be 451 considering prevalence of Diabetes as 12.0%. Capillary blood was used find the blood sugar level. Fasting level and OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test) was done to find the prevalence of Diabetes. Results: Prevalence of Diabetes was found to be 15.3%; Higher the body mass index (BMI) and longer duration of stay in urban area higher was the prevalence of diabetes. Conclusions: Older age group, higher BMI and longer duration of stay in urban area have significant associations with the higher prevalence of diabetes. "
关键词：Prevalence; Diabetes; Urbanization; Body Mass Index; Age
