Objective: This study aimed at determining the major
risk factors present in diabetic patients attending a
hospital setting.
Subjects and Methods: A total of 84 individuals with
history of diabetes mellitus were selected. Based on their
blood glucose and HbA1C levels they were divided into
controlled and uncontrolled groups. Various factors
associated with uncontrolled diabetes were recorded.
Patients and Methods: were entered on SPSS
version 16 for analysis. Demographic characteristics of
participants were calculated as mean±SD. Chi square test
was applied to check the level of significance among
different categorical variables of controlled vs.
uncontrolled diabetic patients. A p-value of <0.05 was
considered as statistically significant.
Results: Total 84 patients were inducted in the study
with mean age of 52.3±9.7 years. Among these 55 (66%)
patients were female and 29 (34%) were male. Obesity,
exercise, family history and hypertension were
significantly increased in patients having blood glucose
levels more than the reference range despite of having
regular medication. Microvascular complications were
approximately equal in both groups while macrovascular
complications were more frequent in controlled diabetic
patients
Conclusion: Since proper control of risk factors may
help to decrease the severity of diabetes and its associated
complications, patients should be counselled to do regular
exercise, decrease weight,
quit smoking and control blood pressure.