Sohail Bashir Sulehria, Sa Joan, Mm Memon, Awan A K.
Association of Diabetes Mellitus with Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in patients with Liver Cirrhosis.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(1):41-3.

Aim: To evaluate the role of diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis. Setting: Medical outpatients department of Mayo Hospital Lahore for six months. Study Design: Case control study Results: Majority of the patients in both groups were between 41-50 years of age i.e., 33(30%) in Cases and 34(30.91%) in controls, mean and sd was calculated as 42.35±2.54 in cases and 47.65±3.65 years in controls, 73(66.36%) in cases and 81(73.64%) in controls were male while rest of 37(33.64%) in cases and 29(26.36%) in controls were females, frequency of diabetes in both groups was recorded as 28(25.45%) in cases and 8(7.27%) in controls had findings of this morbidity while rest of 82(74.55) in cases and 102(92.73%) in controls had no findings of diabetes mellitus, odds ratio was recorded as 4.35, p value was calculated as 0.000 which shows a significant difference in both groups. Conclusion: There is a significant role of diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis.

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