A Case Control Study of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Patients Attending Medicine Department of Tertiary Care Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana.

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is traditionally known as silent disease. Diabetes is no more restricted in urban areas only but is also established at rural areas as well. It is one of the leading cause of long term morbidity and a major health hazard in a developing country like India, therefore, it is pertinent to ind its associated risk factors. Objectives: To study the clinical presentation and risk factors associated with type2 diabetes mellitus patients attending SGT hospital. Method: It was a hospital based case control study done in medicine department of Tertiary Care Hospital, Gurugramusing the purposive sampling. There were 800 participants including 400 cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus and 400controls (age and gender matched).Information was collected on sociodemographic variables and risk factors using a pre-tested structured interview schedule. Results: The mean age among cases was 55.20+ 8.54 years and among control group was 53.96+9.29 years. The difference between education status and occupation of study subjects was found to be signi icant. Pain and numbness was the most common symptom which was 70.75%. On assessing risk factors, physical activity, the habit of smoking, family history and Body mass Index (BMI) had a positive association. Conclusion: The indings of the study revealed that a high proportion of risk factors such as family history of diabetes, literacy status, occupation, BMI, smoking and physical activity were prevalent in the type 2DM subjects.