Risk factors of non communicable diseases among recently diagnosed diabetic patients in a tertiary care Hospital

Abstract

There are many risk factors which determine the development of complications among diabetic patients, some of which are modifiable and some non modifiable. Further, taking care of risk factors and controlling other non-communicable diseases among diabetics will defer the complications due to diabetes.To look for distribution of non-communicable disease risk factors among the diabetic patients. : The present cross-sectional study was conducted in Government Medical College & Hospital Jammu from 2019 to 2020. All the recently diagnosed patients (<1 year duration) of type 2 DM who were of ≥ 18 years of age, both males and females and were willing to participate in the study were included. Overall 70 recently diagnosed diabetic patients both males and females attended outpatient department of General Medicine of the Associated Hospital of the college during the study period.: The mean age in study group was 48.9±11.78 years [30-75] years with a mean BMI of 24.3±3.28 kg/m. 22 patients [31.4%] were smokers; hypertension was seen in 13 patients [18.6%]; hypothyroidism in 4 patients [5.7%]; rheumatoid arthritis in 2 patients [2.9%] and epilepsy in 2 patients [2.9%]. Family history of diabetes was present in 29 patients [41.4%] and dyslipidemia in 12 patients [17.1%]. 31 patients [44.3%] had normal glycemic control with Hba1c of less than 7 while as 39 patients [55.7%] had poor glycemic control with Hba1c of greater than 7.: Significant proportion of the participants in our study had one or more risk factor present the development of a chronic disease or where suffering already from a non-communicable disease.