Anuradha V Khadilkar, Chirantap Oza, Shruti A Mondkar, Vaman Khadilkar, Alok Kanungo, Bipin K Sethi, Km Prasanna Kumar, Nikhil Tandon, P V Rao, Surendra Kumar, Tushar R Bandgar, Palany Raghupathy
BACKGROUND: India has the highest number of prevalent type-1 diabetes (T1D) cases in the under-20-year age population. Data on the anthropometry of underprivileged Indian children with T1D are scarce. In economically disadvantaged countries like India, poor growth in patients with T1D is a major concern due to limited accessibility and affordability. Besides, due to the double burden of malnutrition, the prevalence of obesity is increasing mirroring the global trends, which may lead to the development of insulin resistance...
2023: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism