1597-P: Incidence of Diabetes in Young Adult South Asians Compared with Pima Indians

South Asians have a high burden of diabetes at younger ages. We compared diabetes risk in South Asians aged 20-44 years living in India (Delhi and Chennai) and Pakistan (Karachi) with Pima Indians, a population with the world’s highest incidence of diabetes. We analyzed prospective cohort data from the Pima Indian Study (Pima, n=1852), and the Center for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia Study (CARRS, South Asians, n=6676). We defined...