 The present study demonstrated that waste circumference, WC, waste, hip ratio, WHR, waste, height ratio, WHTR, body mass index, BMI, and body fat percentage were all associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus, T2DM. Additionally, the receiver operating characteristic, ROC, analysis showed that WHR, WHTR, and WC had the highest area under the curve, AUC, and could be used as effective screening tools for T2DM in the Indian population. Furthermore, the optimal cutoff values for these three measures were 0.96, 0.56, and 86 cm for men, and 0.88, 0.54, and 83 cm for women. These findings suggest that WHR, WHTR, and WC can be used as effective screening tools for T2DM in the Indian population.