Abstract
Background: Diabetes Mellitus is leading endocrine disorder of global interest. It is of multifactorial aetiology. Methods: Coagulation status of newly diagnosed and untreated diabetic patients from the Diabetes Medical out-patient Department of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State, Nigeria was studied. Seventy (70) newly diagnosed and untreated diabetic patients aged 20 – 60 years and 70 age and sex-matched non-diabetic controls were randomly selected after screening biochemically for diabetes mellitus, using standard glucometer. The 1997 World Health Organisation criteria for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus were used. Results: Prothrombin Time (PT), and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) were determined using Dacie and Lewis method. Body Mass Index (BMI) was also estimated. Only PT and BMI, showed statistically significant differences (PL 0.05) when the male mean diabetic values were compared with jthose of the female diabetic patients. Also, APTT, Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) and BMI revealed statistically significant differences (P Keywords : Prothrombin time; Activated partial Thromboplastin time; Newly Diagnosed Untreated; Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Journal of College of Medicine Vol. 12 (1) 2007: pp.30-34
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