An analysis of four million lab test reports by an online healthcare company in India suggests that every other person could be having high levels of blood sugar.

About half of the men and women who tested were found to have had a high blood sugar or ‘hyperglycaemia’.

Further, over 90 per cent of those having a high blood sugar also showed an abnormality in parameters of liver, lipid, heart or thyroid, the ‘Diabetes: The Silent Killer Sweeping Across India’ report by PharmEasy said.

Findings of the analysis published ahead of World Diabetes Day on November 14 also show a 22 per cent improvement in blood sugar levels among those who retested within six months, highlighting how regular monitoring can be crucial to managing diabetes effectively, the authors said.

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