Year: 2023 | Month: October-December | Volume: 8 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 203-208
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20230429
To Study the Pattern of Anemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Hospitalized Patients
Omkareshwar Patil1, Dr Sukesh2, Dr Jayaprakash CS3
1,2,3Department of Pathology,
1,2Srinivas Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Srinivas University, Mangalore, India
3Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India
Corresponding Author: Omkareshwar Patil
ABSTRACT
Background: Anemia found in diabetes patients is often unrecognized like many other chronic diseases. Anemia is more common in people with diabetes due to a variety of causes. The aim of this study was to determine the severity and morphological types of anemia among type II diabetic elderly hospitalized patients.
Methodology: The present study was a hospital based cross sectional study conducted at Father Muller Medical Collage Hospital, Mangalore Karnataka over a period of 6 months. The cases for the study included 129 elderly patients with having Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). 129 Hospitalized elderly patients over the age of 60 years who were confirmed to have type 2 DM patient’s demographic data and the blood samples are analyzed for Complete blood count, Peripheral smear for type of anemia, Random blood glucose, Glycated hemoglobin.
Result: A total 129 Hospitalized elderly type 2 DM patients were included in the study. Out of 129 subjects, 55.03% were males and 44.97% were females. Of these 24.8% patients had mild anemia, 63.56% had moderate anemia and 11.64% had severe anemia according to clinical degree of anemia based on hemoglobin level. 67.76% patients had microcytic hypochromic anemia, and 30.24% patients had normocytic normochromic anemia. The prevalence of type 2DM is high in male than the female population.
Conclusion: The study results exhibit a higher level of the prevalence of anemia in Type 2 DM subjects. The findings of our study suggest that moderate degree of anemia is a common finding, and morphologically, the leading type of anemia was normocytic normochromic anemia.
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Anemia, Hemoglobin, Hyperglycemia.