The Inpatients Prevalence Of Chronic Complications Of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus And Their Risk Factors

Diabetes mellitus is a progressive metabolic disease that is emerging as a global epidemic. The prevalence of diabetes increases year by year with the development of economy, changes of lifestyle and increasing aging population. Long duration of metabolic disturbances causes vascular and neural damage, leading to macrovascular (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease), microvascular (nephropathy, retinopathy), and neuropathy complications. Many conventional risk factors have been shown to be important contributors to the development of diabetic complications. There is no report for the prevalence of diabetic complications and the risk factors associated these complications in inpatients with type 2 diabetes in North China.Objective: To assess the prevalence of diabetic complications and the risk factors associated these complications among inpatients with type 2 diabetes in Dalian, China.Methods: 579 patients with T2DM (251 men and 328 women, mean age 60.1±13.3 years) were selected. Demographic data and co-variables obtained include age, sex, duration of diabetes, body mass index, smoking and drinking status, family history of diabetes mellitus (DM), duration and status of diabetes complications, blood pressure, waist/hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference, hip circumference, thigh circumference, waist/hip ratio, waist/ thigh ratio. Fasting glucose (FPG), 2 hour postprandial glucose (2hPG), fasting insulin (FINS), 2 hour postprandial insulin (2hINS), fasting C-P (FCP), 2 hour C-P (2hCP), fasting total cholesterol (TC), fasting total triglyceride (TG), low-density-lipoprotein (LDL-C), high- density-lipoprotein (HDL-C), glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), urine...