Association of prevalence of complications with duration of diabetes in type 2 diabetics of jammu region

Diabetic complications are common cause of morbidity and mortality in addition to a huge burden on healthcare system worldwide. Aim of this study was to know prevalence of various diabetic complications and their association with duration of diabetes in Type 2 diabetics of Jammu Region, winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Out of 200 diabetic patients selected for the study, 80 (40%) patients had not developed any complication. 120 (60%) of the patients were found to have developed one or more complications of diabetes. 46 (23%) were found to have microvascular complications, 32 (16%) macrovascular and 42 (21%) have both micro as well as macrovascular complication. It was observed, as the duration of diabetes increased the prevalence of microvascular complications increased from 1 to 15%, macrovascular complications from 1 to 7% and both micro and macrovascular complications increased from 0.5% to 10.5%. Increase in duration of diabetes leads to increase in complications.