Abstract

Type 2 diabetes is on the verge of becoming a pandemic in India. As type 2 diabetes shares several risk factors in common with coronary artery disease (CAD), such as age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, physical inactivity, and stress, an increase in the prevalence of diabetes indirectly implicates an escalating risk of CAD as well. Diabetic subjects are known to have a two to four times increased CAD risk, and CAD has been reported to occur two to three decades earlier in diabetic subjects as opposed to their nondiabetic counterparts. The life expectancy of people with diabetes is reduced by nearly eight years due to increased mortality. Coronary artery disease accounts for more than 80% of all deaths and 75% of all hospitalizations in diabetic subjects. Methodology: A Cross sectional Observational study conducted in the Dept. of General Medicine. All newly diagnosed patients of Diabetes mellitus, attending diabetes OPD, AGMC & GBPH, subjected to inclusion and exclusion criteria. By census method, all the newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients visiting Diabetes OPD, AGMC & GBPH are considered for the study till the sample size is reached. Results: Correlating mean CIMT with other continuous variables in the study by pearson’s correlation test was done. Age(r=0.36), are strongly correlated with mean CIMT [p value <0.001]. Systolic BP(r=-0.05, p=0.349), Diastolic BP (r=0.05, p=0.389), BMI(r=-0.04, p=0.426) was not significant. Conclusion: The study aimed to evaluate atherosclerosis in newly diagnosed type 2 DM patients by measuring CIMT. It is found that nearly 2/3rd of the participants had atherosclerosis at the time of diagnosis of diabetes. Many modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors are associated with atherosclerosis.

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