diabetes in the world. The
current numbers stand at
around 70 million people
with diabetes but there are
more than 80 million
people with pre-diabetes
and these are the people
who will convert to
diabetes in the next 5-10
years. According to the
International Diabetes
Federation, it is estimated
that there will be 123.5
million people with
diabetes by 2040 but this
is only a gross
underestimate.
“
What does the latest
statistics tell us
about the impact of
diabetes on our
women population?
Diabetes can affect women
in many ways. To start
with the prevalence of
diabetes in women is equal
to that of men. So, when
we say that there are 70
million people with
diabetes in India, 35
million of them would be
women. While women
without diabetes are
Dr V Mohan, Chairman and Chief
Diabetologist, Dr Mohan's Diabetes
Specialities Centre
usually protected from
heart attack, women with
diabetes are as prone to
develop heart attack as
men with diabetes. Hence
the protection from heart
disease in women in the
From all these
angles, it is almost
definite that India
will have the largest
number of people
with diabetes in the
world”
premenopausal age group
is removed once they
develop diabetes. Women
with polycystic ovarian
disease have insulin
resistance and they are the
ones who have a greater
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