New risk scale for Indian hearts

"India will soon have its own thresholds for risk factors like diabetes, hypertension and lipid profiles that can lead to cardiac diseases. This follows a finding that Indians are likely to get cardiac disorders even if the risk factors were lower than those defined by Western countries. The Indian Council of Medical Research and Apollo Hospitals will soon bring out India-specific guidelines on levels of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol that would require medical intervention or lifestyle modification, said Apollo Hospitals chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy, ahead of the Cardiology Society of India's 60th annual conference. The ICMR recently brought out Indian guidelines for obesity" - Times of India