Résumé
Background: Type II Diabetes mellitus has emerged as aglobal public health problem with more effect on developingworld. India is considered to become epicentre of DM in nearfuture. Serum uric acid is a by-product of purine metabolism.Most of the studies provide a positive relationship betweenhyperglycemia & hyperuricemia.Objectives: To co-relate the level of serum uric acid ineuglycemic persons having family history of DM and in personshaving no family history of DM and to assess the level ofHbA1c among these two groups.Materials and Methods: Present study was undertaken atMGM Medical College, Jamshedpur and Sadar Hospital,Jamshedpur with a sample size of 60 (30 in each group).Results: The present study didn’t find any significantdifference in serum uric acid between two groups although asignificant difference was observed in HbA1c in both groups.