Associated Sociodemographic and Clinical factors with Hypertension and Dyslipidemia in Type 2 diabetes: A Hospital Based Cross-sectional Study
Abstract
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic and progressive condition with a hereditary predisposition which is further induced by unhealthy lifestyle. It is a silent killer with cardiovascular complications being most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with T2DM.
Objective: To find out association of socio demographic and clinical parameters of diabetes type 2 with hypertension and dyslipidemia among Diabetes Mellitus type 2 cases aged 18 to 70 years.
Methodology: A cross sectional hospital based study was conducted on 272 type 2 DM patients attending Department of Medicine in a secondary care referral hospital after taking consent.
Results: Hypertension was present in 192 (70.59%) and dyslipidemia was present in 93 (34.19%) of type 2 diabetes patients. Age, family income, presence of family history, duration of illness, type of treatment, consumption of alcohol , BMI, Hba1c level were found to be associated significantly with both hypertension and dyslipidemia in type 2 DM patients.
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Introduction
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic and progressive condition with a hereditary predisposition which is further induced by unhealthy lifestyle. It occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces due to insulin resistance. It is a silent disease that kills one person every 10 seconds. In 2014 the global prevalence of diabetes was estimated to be 9% among adults aged 18+ years. 1. In 2012, an estimated 1.5 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes. More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. 2 WHO projects that diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death in 2030. 3 India is undergoing a rapid economic development and urbanization which are having immense effect health problems in the community and leading to a shift in paradigm from communicable to non-communicable diseases like diabetes. Because of its high prevalence, India is infamously known as the Diabetes capital of the world. 4
Cardiovascular complications are indeed the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with T2DM. 5 Myocardial ischemia due to coronary atherosclerosis commonly occurs without symptoms in patients with diabetes. The recent increase in cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in diabetic patients offer the ample time to study risk factors for predicting the risk of CVD in these populations.
Conclusion
Hypertension was present in more than two third and dyslipidemia was present in more than one third of cases with type 2 diabetics in present study. Both hypertension and dyslipidemia were significantly associated with age, family income, and presence of family history, duration of illness, type of treatment, consumption of alcohol, BMI, Hba1c level.
Diabetic patients should develop a healthy life style including daily physical activity and healthy eating. They should be in regular treatment and follow up so that diagnosis and management of complication can be made at an earliest. Government should also increase awareness and encourage people to follow a healthy life style and quit alcohol through IEC activities.