CLINICAL STUDY OF ASSOCIATION OF BMI WITH RETINOPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Autor: Malleswari Belle, B. Padmaja, G. Rajini, Shridhar Baburao, P. V. Harish
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 6, Iss 33, Pp 2222-2226 (2019)
ISSN: 2349-2570
2349-2562
Popis: BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is known from the earliest times and its principal clinical symptoms were clearly recognised by the Hindus, Greeks and Arabians. Diabetes is a chronic illness characterised by either relative or absolute insulin deficiency leading to hyperglycaemia and other metabolic derangements. This is caused by the complex interaction of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors making the etiology multifactorial. Chronic hyperglycaemia will cause secondary pathophysiological changes in multiple organ systems and hence results in complications. Incidence and prevalence of diabetes increases with age in all ethnic groups. We wanted to study the association of BMI with retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS We have studied a total of 50 patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus with respect to the various clinical presentations including visual disturbances. These patients are evaluated for duration of diabetes, changes in weight, central obesity, dietary habits & exercise pattern. Each patient was further evaluated with complete blood count, blood urea, creatinine, FBS, PPBS & fundus examination with direct ophthalmoscopy. RESULTS Out of 50 patients, 22 were having BMI of 25; of these, 13 patients were having retinopathy. 22 were male and 28 were females, out of 22 male patients, retinopathy was present in 4, whereas in females it is present in 15 members out of 28. CONCLUSIONS Our study results show that, retinopathy is noted in significant number i.e. 46.5% of obese patients (BMI >25 Kg/m2) of type 2 diabetes mellitus and females (i.e. 53.6%) are more affected than the males
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