DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2;

Abstract

Objectives: The objective to identify prevalence of different types of type 2Diabetes in our population and relate them with the Gender and Duration of disease. StudyDesign: Retrospective study. Period: January 2014 to December 2015, 2 years. Setting:Lahore General Hospital, Lahore. Method: On admitted record of 269 patients (171 Men and98 females), known to have complications during ward stay. Data was analyzed on SPSS 20and results calculated. Results: 232 patients (86.2%) showed one or more complications.Most common was diabetic nephropathy 117 (43.5% patients), followed by diabetic foot 94(34.9%), and then others. A comparison between genders exposed, an equal distribution ofcomplications. 233 patients had poor blood sugar control, with 107 having hypertension. Whenduration was considered as a variable over a period of 10 years, maximum complication wasof diabetic foot (66), followed by renal failure (64). Main reason identified was non-complianceto medication and infrequent follow-ups. When a less duration of 5 years was put as variable,there were very few complications, with their total number reduced to 24. Conclusion: Type2 Diabetes causes higher number of complications. Frequency among different genders wassimilar. They were associated with high prevalence of risk factors, such as poor blood sugarcontrol, concomitant hypertension and poor compliance to medication. Duration of disease hasimpact on the complications.