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ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP OF OBESITY AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN OLD FEMALE POPULATION OF PAKISTAN

Dr Sana Perween Memon, Farah Mahmood

The old female population of Pakistan is suffering more from diabetes as this is may be due to eating habits and obesity. The main objective of the study is to find the relationship of obesity, and diabetes in old female population of Pakistan. This cross sectional study was conducted in CIMS, Bahawalpur during January 2019 to October 2019. This study was based on local female population of Lahore, age range from 30 to 50 who was suffering from diabetes and they are also obese. This study was done with the permission of hospital ethical committee and with the written consent of patients. First of all we collect the demographic data of all females, it includes living habits, eating habits, social and economic back ground. The mean age (±SD) was 40 ± 10 years. Mean duration of diabetes was 5 years, mean HbA1c was 8.1% and 53.7% were on oral agents and rest was on insulin with or without oral agents. Hypertension was present in 65.7%, 13.7% had known coronary artery disease and 2.3% had a cerebrovascular accident previously. According to the analysis of data there is a positive correlation between obesity and diabetes in the environment like Pakistan. Because female suffer from hypertension, weight gain and due to this from diabetes.

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