Abstract :
Background: There are many risk factors which determine the development of complications among diabetic patients, some of which are modifiable and some non modifiable. Further, taking care of risk factors and controlling other non-communicable diseases among diabetics will defer the complications due to diabetes.
Aims and Objective: To look for distribution of non-communicable disease risk factors among the diabetic patients.
Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in Government Medical College & Hospital Jammu from 2019 to 2020. All the recently diagnosed patients (
Results: The mean age in study group was 48.9±11.78 years [30-75] years with a mean BMI of 24.3±3.28 kg/m. 22 patients [31.4%] were smokers; hypertension was seen in 13 patients [18.6%]; hypothyroidism in 4 patients [5.7%]; rheumatoid arthritis in 2 patients [2.9%] and epilepsy in 2 patients [2.9%]. Family history of diabetes was present in 29 patients [41.4%] and dyslipidemia in 12 patients [17.1%]. 31 patients [44.3%] had normal glycemic control with Hba1c of less than 7 while as 39 patients [55.7%] had poor glycemic control with Hba1c of greater than 7.
Conclusion: Significant proportion of the participants in our study had one or more risk factor present the development of a chronic disease or where suffering already from a non-communicable disease.
Keyword :
Diabetes, Risk factors, Diabetes mellitus.