Abstract
Background: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of anemia in patients with type 2 diabetes and to assess the risk of anemia according to gender,age and glycemic control. Method :This is a Cross Sectional study of 200 cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the General medicine OPD and medicine ward of Jhalawar Medical College Jhalawar from July 2022 to december 2022 All the tests are done with permission from the Institutional Ethical Committee and informed consent from the subjects. Result: In our study, a statistically significant anaemia was found in female participants compared to male.In the present study,a statistically significant high HbA1C was found among the patients who had anaemia.(p value<0.033) In this study , the prevalence of anaemia increases with increasing duration of disease.(p value<0.00000001).Conclusion: Anaemia is one of the most common preventable conditions especially in diabetes mellitus.This study concludes that the need for periodic hematological screening in all diabetics presenting to hospital and adequate cost effective remedial measures in the form of supplementation of iron and vitamins will result in better outcome and prognosis and prevention of major complications
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