Investigation of Microvascular Complications of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients and its Clinical Outcome

Autor: Shahid Shehzad, Muhammad Zubair Khan, MS. Khushboo Chandio, Hamid Zafar, Rana Zohaib Munawar, Asif .
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 16:817-820
DOI: 10.53350/pjmhs20221611817
Popis: Background: Diabetes mellitus type 2 is recognized as a global pandemic due to its substantially increasing prevalence. This metabolic disorder bears a significant potential incidence of microvascular complications (MVC) in chronic patients including neuropathy, retinopathy, and nephropathy which may prove fatal. Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the incidence of microvascular complications, its associated risk factors and comorbidities in the chronic diabetic population. Methods: This cohort was executed to assess the clinical records of visiting diabetic patients presented at PIMS hospital, Islamabad from July 2020 to June 2022. A total of 630 patients with T2DM of different age and sex groups, were included in the study and their clinical outcomes of MVCs were analyzed. Results: The overall incidence of MVCs was found 43.49% significantly (p
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