Study of Pre Diabetic and Pre Hypertensive Young Doctors in Medical College and its Risk A total of 263 medical college students/doctors(JR) have been enrolled in the Age 18-29 | Male: 165 | Female: 98 Body Comp and DM Screening
Factors.
study, out of which 110 (41.8%) were prediabetes, among prediabetes 11.8% were underweight, 51.8% were normal weight and 36.4% were overweight.
Health Parameters by Prediabetes Status (N=263)
Category
All
Prediabetic (n=110)
Normal (n=153)
P value
Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m²)
40 (15.2%)
13 (11.8%)
27 (17.6%)
0.013*
Normal (BMI: 18.5-25.0 kg/m²)
152 (57.8%)
57 (51.8%)
95 (62.1%)
Overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m²)
71 (27.0%)
40 (36.4%)
31 (20.3%)
Metabolic Parameters
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)
98.7±6.4
104.6±3.9
94.4±4.0
0.000*
Fasting insulin (µU/ml)
10.2±4.7
11.5±4.9
9.2±4.3
0.000*
β cell function (%)
96.3±28.6
93.5±27.0
98.3±29.6
0.180
Insulin Sensitivity (%)
87.1±42.8
74.1±30.7
96.5±47.6
0.000*
Insulin Resistance (IR)
1.4±0.6
1.6±0.6
1.2±0.6
0.000*
Body fat %
26.1±8.9
26.2±9.3
26.0±8.6
0.902