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FREQUENCY OF DIABETES, HYPERTESNION AND SILENT MI AMONGST PATIENTS ATTENDING FREE MEDICAL CAMPS

Dr Fayaz Hussain, Dr Syed Zafar Iqbal, Dr Syeda Ijlal Zehra Zaidi, Dr Sadia Islam, Dr Muhammad Khalid Razaq, Dr Shazia Sultan.

Background The number of hypertension cases are increasing worldwide, it is estimated that 972 million out of 2000 are hypertension patient and it is predicted that it will grow to 1.56 billion by 2025. It is estimated that diabetes prevalence is about 382 million in the year 2012 and is forecasted to reach 592 billion by the end of 2030. Diabetes and hypertension are connected to the high risk of atherosclerotic, cardiovascular and renal disease. Objectives: Objectives of the study were to assess the frequency of hypertension and diabetes. Method: It was a cross sectional study. Total patients included in the sample were 604. Sample was taken from free medical camps arranged in Rahim Yar Khan. They were assessed for presence of DM, HTN and MI. Results In this study there were total 604 cases and out of these 362 (59.9%) were males and 242 (40.1%) were females. Overall, there were 49 (8.1%) cases that had DM and 93 (15.4%) cases that had HTN. Regarding HTN, it was observed in 45 (12.4%) of the cases out of 362 in males and in 55 (22.7%) of the cases out of 242 in females with p= 0.13. In terms of DM, it was observed in 29 (8%) cases in males and 20 (8.3%) cases in females out of their respective age groups (p= 1.0). Conclusion: DM and HTN are not uncommon and HTN is more frequently seen in female cases. Key Words: Diabetes, hypertension

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