Correlation between Onset of Renal Disease with Diabetes

Abstract

Diabetes is associated with number of vascular and nonvascular complications, and thevascular complications which include Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), peripheral vascular disease (PVD),stroke, retinopathy, neuropathy, and Diabetic Kidney Diseases (DKD are responsible for most of themorbidity and mortality attributable to diabetes. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine thecorrelation of onset of any renal disease with diabetes in Pakistani population. Methods: A crosssectional study was conducted at Medicine and Nephrology Departments of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,Lahore, over a period of 3 months, after obtaining the ethical approval from the The University of Lahore.A total number of 100 Diabetic patients were selected through non probability convenient samplingtechnique. Patients of both sexes and all age groups were included. Results: In this study 60% were maleand 40% were female. Most of the patients belonged to lower socioeconomic status. Frequency of onsetof diabetes with age showed that patients between age of 41-50 years (33%) were more susceptible todiabetes and its complications whereas onset of diabetes was relatively higher in males as compared tofemales. Frequency distribution of CVD among diabetic patients was 19%. Conclusions: Results ofcurrent findings showed that diabetes mellitus also leads toward further microvascular complications andco-exist with different diseases.