Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 -- Indians and other Asian populations experience significantly higher post-meal blood sugar spikes despite developing diabetes at lower body mass index (BMI) levels than Western populations, underscoring the need for treatment strategies that go beyond HbA1c levels, internationally acclaimed diabetologist and metabolic physician Banshi Saboo said on Sunday.
Delivering a lecture on 'Why Acarbose Matters in Indian Diabetes Management' at the 14th edition of the three-day Annual Global Diabetes Convention at Uday Samudra, Kovalam, Saboo said Indians tend to develop diabetes nearly 1.5 years earlier because of early beta-cell dysfunction, higher visceral fat, greater insulin resistance and impaired first-phase insu...