Table 2.
Anemia and clinical characteristics of diabetes mellitus patients attending fenote Selam Hospital, West Gojam, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012
| |
Anemia |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Variables (N = 384) | Frequency (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) |
|
Type of diabetes mellitus |
|
|
|
| Type 1 |
193 (50.3) |
16 (4.2) |
177 (46.1) |
| Type 2 |
191 (49.7) |
57 (14.8) |
134 (34.9) |
|
Duration with diabetes mellitus |
|
|
|
| <5 yrs |
206 (53.6) |
7 (1.8) |
199 (51.8) |
| 6-10 |
124 (32.6) |
30 (7.8) |
94 (24.5) |
| >11 |
54 (14.1) |
36 (9.4) |
18 (4.7) |
|
Type of treatment |
|
|
|
| Lente insulin |
224 (58.3) |
23 (6.0) |
201(52.3) |
| Metformin |
160 (41.7) |
50 (13.0) |
110 (28.6) |
|
Co-existing diseases |
|
|
|
| No |
316 (82.3) |
47 (12.2) |
269 (70.1) |
| Yes |
68 (17.7) |
26 (6.8) |
42 (10.9) |
|
Fasting blood sugar |
|
|
|
| <126 |
105 (27.3) |
7 (1.8) |
98 (25.5) |
| >126 |
279 (72.7) |
66 (17.2) |
213 (55.5) |
|
MCV |
|
|
|
| Normal |
274 (71.4) |
13 (3.4) |
201 (68.0) |
| Decreased | 110 (28.6) | 60 (15.6) | 50 (13.0) |