Shafiqur Rahman, Irfan Zia.
Prevalence of microvascular complications among diabetic patients.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;43(4):163-5.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of microvascular complications among indoor diabetic patients. Place and duration of study: The study was conducted during the year 2002 from May through December in the Department of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Methods: Two hundred known diabetic patients (both type 1 and type 2), admitted with different clinical problems were included in the study. Relevant information of all patients was recorded with the help of a predesigned proforma. They were investigated for retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Results: Retinopathy was detected in 55% cases, nephropathy in 67% cases while 68.5% patients had the problem of neuropathy. The ratio of above complications was found to be higher in hypertensive subjects (p<0.05). Conclusion: The study suggested that the prevalence of microvascular complications was common in our admitted diabetic patients and hypertension was a commonly associated condition among them.

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