Abstract
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has become a modern epidemic as a non-communicable disease showing rising trend all over the world. In Bangladesh a large number of diabetic patients encounter every day to the various diabetic clinics for treatment purpose.
 Objective: This study aims to observe the socio-demographic and anthropometric profile among newly detected diabetic patients attending to our tertiary care teaching hospital.
 Methods: This is a hospital-record based cross sectional descriptive study executed in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The study group comprises 165 newly detected diabetic patients enrolled in our Bangladesh Medical College Hospital from July 2019 to June 2020. Analysis of data was done by using SPSS 15 software. Prevalence of newly detected diabetes among study population was calculated by using percentage and the strength of association between socio demographic and anthropometric factors were evaluated in our study.
 Results: Among the 165 study participants, we found that 62 were males and 103 were females. Newly detected DM was more common among 36-50 years of age group followed by 51-65 years. Majority of the participants belonged to urban areas (53.94%) and were graduates (38.18%). Positive family history of DM was found among 93 patients. Nearly 55.76% diabetic patients were overweight followed by 23.63% were obese with moderate to low levels of physical activities were observed mostly.
 Conclusion: In Bangladesh DM has been emerging as one of the biggest health problems with majority of the patients were unaware about its consequences and morbidity. We need to observe the socio-demographic and anthropometric factors to create the awareness among diabetic patients and prevent its fatal complications.
Highlights
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is the most prevailing metabolic condition which has become a major health and socioeconomic issue worldwide [1]
In Bangladesh around 8% (12.88 millions) of total population was affected by DM whether as diabetes related death occurred 3% according to WHO report in the year 2016 [3]
Majority of our diabetic patients were in the age group of 36-50 years
Summary
DM is the most prevailing metabolic condition which has become a major health and socioeconomic issue worldwide [1]. In the year 2000 around 150-170 million people were found to be suffering from DM and its related complications. WHO has reported the double prevalence of DM worldwide by the year 2025 [2]. In Bangladesh around 8% (12.88 millions) of total population was affected by DM whether as diabetes related death occurred 3% according to WHO report in the year 2016 [3]. Over time an increasing prevalence of diabetes among Bangladeshi people has been observed [4]. Regarding evaluation of morbidity and mortality of non-communicable diseases (NCD) Diabetes, Cancers, Cardiovascular disease and Chronic Respiratory disease are the four main ruling conditions. Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has become a modern epidemic as a non-communicable disease showing rising trend all over the world. In Bangladesh a large number of diabetic patients encounter every day to the various diabetic clinics for treatment purpose
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