| Autor: |
Muslihuddin, Qazi, Maham, Zeb, Junaid, Zarin, Mohammad, Naz, Farah, Jan, Maria Mir |
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Ophthalmology Update; Apr-Jun2020, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p54-57, 4p |
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Objectives: To see the correlation between HbA1c in diabetic foot ulcers and body mass index in terms of healing. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at the department of Surgery Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar in six months after approval from hospital ethical board. Data was collected from 58 patients by non probability convenient sampling technique, and analyzed using SPSS 22. Frequencies and percentages were used for categorical variables, while in term of mean and SD for continuous variables. Results: In this study 58 patients in which 34 males (58.6%) and 24 female (41.4%) patients were included, out of which 53.4% were rural residents and 46.6 % were from urban area residents. 18 out of 58 patients (31%) had diabetes mellitus for less than 10 years and 40 out of 58 patients (68.9%) had diabetes for more than 10 years.70.7% patients included in the study had BMI <25 kg/m2 and 29.3% of the patients had a Body mass index of >25 kg/m2. No correlation was found between HBA1c and BMI of the patients included in our study with a p value of 0.7. Out of the 34 male patients in our study 8 patients had diabetic foot ulcer <3 cm2 size and 26 males had ulcer of the size more than 3 cm2. Amongst 24 female patients 11 patients had ulcer <3cm2 and 13 females had ulcer size >3cm2 with a p value of 0.06 making it statistically insignificant. Conclusion: No correlation was found between HBA1c and BMI of the patients included in our study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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