Title: Evaluation of Microvascular and Macrovascular complications in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Dr Kadubandi Sunil Kumar, Dr Vineetha Kolar Venkataravanappa, Dr Chandana Krishna, Dr Lokesh M R, Dr Sharath Kumar S
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i2.96
Abstract
Background: DM comprises a group of common metabolic disorder that shares the phenotype of Hyperglycemia.
Aim: To evaluate the Microvascular and macrovascular complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among patients attending the General Medicine OPD and IPD.
Materials and Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study done on patients with age more than 40 years with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus attending OPD and IPD for a period of 12 months. The sample size was 147 and estimated through purposive sampling method. The selected patients underwent detailed clinical and biochemical evaluations.
Results: Maximum patients with diabetes were between 60 - 69 years of age. Of the total number of patients 49% were found to be hypertensive, 39% were found to be obese, 16% of the study population were smokers and 50% were found to have hypercholesterolaemia. The prevalence of retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy were 37%, 24% and 20% respectively. The prevalence of coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease and cerebrovascular disease was found to be 29%, 5% and 10% respectively.
Conclusion: In this study 64% of patients were males and 36% were females. The mean age of the patients was 57 years. 52% of patients had duration of diabetes < 5 years. Hypertension was found in 49% of patients.
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Nephropathy, Neuropathy, Retinopathy.
