Volume 24, Issue 101, January - February, 2020

Prevalence, patterns and predictors of diabetes complications among patients with type 2 diabetes at Jazan Diabetic Centre, Saudi Arabia

Osama B Albasheer^1♦, Mubarack Sani¹, Al-baraa Abbas², Muaid Alfaifi², Mothana Najmi², Khalid Hakami², Mustafa Najmi², Yousef Abdali², Ayman Aysawi²

¹Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
²Medical students Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
2349- Almarajan- Industrial Zone Rd. Unit No. 1 - Jazan- 82621-7413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: oalbasheer@jazanu.edu.sa, drosama802@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence, patterns and predictors of diabetes complications among patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: A cross sectional observational study. Results: Out of total; 214 (53.4%) were male and 187(46.6%) were female. Mean age of the participants was (54.13±13.523). Neuropathy was the most prevalent complication, found in 20.9% of cases, followed by diabetic retinopathy (16.7%), heart diseases (9.5%), and nephropathy (3.7%). Obesity was found in 51% of the participants and was also significantly associated with the female gender (P value = 0.001). Hypertension, as a comorbid disease, was found in 49% of the participants and was significantly associated with the female gender (P value = 0.001). Conclusion: Neuropathy was the most prevalent micro vascular complication. Hypertension and obesity were very significant predictors of diabetes complications.

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes, prevalence, pattern, diabetes complications, hypertension, and obesity.

Medical Science, 2020, 24(101), 83-89

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