DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2

ASSESSMENT OF BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)

Abstract

Objective: To assess the body mass index in patients with
diabetes mellitus type 2 in a tertiary care hospital. Study design: Analytical (cross-sectional) study. Place and duration
of study: The outpatient clinic at Shahina Jamil Trust Hospital Abbottabad from November 2006 to April 2007. Patients
and methods: One hundred patients seen in the outpatient clinic were enrolled in the study. All patients were 30 years
of age or above, diagnosed as a case of diabetes mellitus were included. Patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 and
pregnant diabetic women were excluded. Results: Sixty-seven percent were females and thirty three percent were
males. Mean age of the patients was 53.4±11.0 years (F: 51.9±12.0, M: 56.5±7.8) and mean duration of diabetes
mellitus type 2 was 7.1±6.5 years (F: 7.1±6.4, M: 7.9±6.8), mean height of patients with DM type 2 was 1.5±.09 m (F:
1.5±.08, M: 1.6±.08), mean weight was 71.4±14.3 kg (F: 70.1±15.0, M: 74.2±12.6), and mean BMI was 28.3±6.4 (F:
28.7±6.9, M: 27.5±5.2). Among all patients, 34% (F: 23, M: 11) had normal weight, 28% (F: 17, M: 11) were overweight,
32% (F: 23, M: 9) were obese and 6% (F: 4, M: 2) had morbid obesity. Conclusion: There was strong association of
obesity with type 2 diabetes mellitus with no significant difference of mean BMIs among male and female patients.