Open AccessDIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2
Author(s) -
Nazir Ahmed,
Johar Ali,
Waqas Anwar,
Syed Ali Akbar
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2007.14.04.4833
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , type 2 diabetes mellitus , overweight , diabetes mellitus , outpatient clinic , obesity , gastroenterology , endocrinology
Objective: To assess the body mass index in patients withdiabetes mellitus type 2 in a tertiary care hospital. Study design: Analytical (cross-sectional) study. Place and durationof study: The outpatient clinic at Shahina Jamil Trust Hospital Abbottabad from November 2006 to April 2007. Patientsand methods: One hundred patients seen in the outpatient clinic were enrolled in the study. All patients were 30 yearsof age or above, diagnosed as a case of diabetes mellitus were included. Patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 andpregnant diabetic women were excluded. Results: Sixty-seven percent were females and thirty three percent weremales. Mean age of the patients was 53.4±11.0 years (F: 51.9±12.0, M: 56.5±7.8) and mean duration of diabetesmellitus type 2 was 7.1±6.5 years (F: 7.1±6.4, M: 7.9±6.8), mean height of patients with DM type 2 was 1.5±.09 m (F:1.5±.08, M: 1.6±.08), mean weight was 71.4±14.3 kg (F: 70.1±15.0, M: 74.2±12.6), and mean BMI was 28.3±6.4 (F:28.7±6.9, M: 27.5±5.2). Among all patients, 34% (F: 23, M: 11) had normal weight, 28% (F: 17, M: 11) were overweight,32% (F: 23, M: 9) were obese and 6% (F: 4, M: 2) had morbid obesity. Conclusion: There was strong association ofobesity with type 2 diabetes mellitus with no significant difference of mean BMIs among male and female patients.