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Abstract Title
a general population study identifying prevalence figures of central obesity, raised body mass
index, physical inactivity and family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus in young urban persons in
Sri Lanka: DiABriSK-SL Stage 1
Author : Mahen Wijesuriya
Co Author : M.Wijesuriya1 , J. Karalliedde2 , t. fernando1 , J. Charlton3 , L. Gnudi2 , M. Gulliford3 , G.
Viberti2 . 1Diabetes association of sri Lanka, national Diabetes Centre, Colombo, sri Lanka. 2King’s College London, Cardiovascular, London, united Kingdom. 3King’s College London, public health,
London, united Kingdom.
Background and aims: A global public health concern has emerged due to an increasing prevalence
of t2DM and cardio-metabolic disease in young persons, especially so in the south east asian
population. a clinic based pilot study conducted in sri Lanka identified the presence of significant
risk factors in young adults below 40 years of age with already established t2DM; namely physical
inactivity, raised body mass index (bMi), raised waist circumference (WC) and first degree family
history (fh) of t2DM. the aim of the study is to find prevalence figures of these risk factors in a
young urban population below 40 years of age.
Methods: 23,298 healthy voluntary participants aged between 6-40 years were studied to
evaluate the prevalence of the above risk factors. participants were representative of an urban
sri Lankan population. physical activity and family history of t2DM were assessed using a detailed
questionnaire. anthropometric measurements including height, weight and waist circumference
(WC) were measured.
Results: of the total number of subjects, 22,577 participants’ data was analysed. 8814 (46%M)
were between 6-14yrs, 4,703 (41%M) between 15-19yrs and 9060 (51% M) between 20-40 yrs of
age. there was no significant difference between raised bMi (age appropriate) prevalence figures
for males and females, 19.7% for 6-14yrs and 15.4% for 15-19 yrs. 20-40yr category showed a
significant difference with 28.1% of males and 21.9% of females being overweight (bMi=>23)
(p