ABSTRACT
Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus is associated with manycomplications such as microvascular, macrovascular andnon vascular. Presence of anemia in diabetes is due to thedisease itself rather than usual causes of anemia. Apart fromcausing usual symptoms, anemia also increases the risk ofcardiovascular disease in diabetics. Here, we have conducteda study to compare the presence of anemia in patients withDiabetes, with that in healthy population.Material and Methods: A case-control study was conductedin a tertiary care hospital setting in Vadodara,Gujarat. A totalof 120 patients were enrolled, of which 60 were cases whohad Diabetes Mellitus type 2 and 60 were healthy controls,matched for age and gender. A detailed clinical history andexamination was done for both cases and controls. Bloodinvestigations in form of a complete hemogram, thin peripheralsmear, blood sugar and serum creatinine was done. Onlyindividuals with normal serum creatinine levels were includedin the study. Comparison was done between the two groupsfor the presence of anemia, in absence of renal involvement.Results: Anemia was more prevelant in patients with Type 2Diabetes Mellitus when compared to controls (Odds Ratio =2.04, P < 0.05). On comparing the anemic cases and controlsin both genders, the Odds ratio for males and females was 2.14and 2.04 respectively with P < 0.05.Conclusion: Patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 are at ahigher risk of suffering from anemia irrespective of their renalfunction.