Prevalence and Determinants of Diabetes among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of LASI

Diabetes prevalence among adults aged 45+ in India is high, reaching higher levels in older adults and urban residents, with significant adjusted links to age, urban residence, caste, religion, and heart disease.

• Why it matters: India faces a growing diabetes burden, but population-specific prevalence and risk-factor patterns for adults 45 and older are needed to target screening and prevention.
• What they did: Using LASI Wave 1 (2017–18) data from 72,055 adults aged 45+, diabetes was defined by self-reported diagnosis by a health professional, and multivariable binary logistic regression tested associations with demographic, socioeconomic, behavioural, and health covariates.
• The result: After adjustment, age, urban residence, caste, religion, heart disease, and heart attack risk remained significantly associated with diabetes, while sex was not significant; these results can guide targeted prevention and screening, pending longitudinal work.

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