ASSOCIATION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURMENTS WITH HBAIC IN TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS

Abstract

The term Diabetes Mellitus refers to a group of metabolic disorders characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. These disorders usually result from defects in secretion of insulin, action of insulin or both. Sustained hyperglycemia is associated with complications in the microvasculature like diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, peripheral and autonomic neuropathy, microvasculature and nerves, causing protracted morbidity and premature mortality (1, 2, 3). Macrovasculature complications, particularly coronary artery disease and stroke are increased two-to-four-fold, and diabetic patients have a higher prevalence of peripheral vascular disease. Microvascular complications such as retinopathy and neuropathy and peripheral and autonomic neuropathy are also common (4,5,6,7,8).