Abstract
This study investigated the presence of risk factors and complications in the newly referred patients to our diabetes clinic. It also looked into how these risk factors and complications were being managed as compared to existing guidelines and evidence. In the present study 58 diabetic patients were included, 24 % (14/58) were smokers, 55% (32/58) were obese and 27 % (15/58) were overweight. Mean total cholesterol/HDL ratio was 4.52 and mean HbA1c was 8.29. Out of 49 type 2 diabetic patients 57.1% (28/49) patients were hypertensive and 50% (14/28) patients were on 3 or more antihypertensive drugs. Twenty of forty nine (40.8%) type 2 diabetic patients had high microalbumin/creatinine ratio and 55% (11/20) of them were on ACE inhibitors. In the type 2 diabetic group 85.7 % (42/49) were either overweight or obese and 40.4% (17/42) of these patients were on metformin. Thirteen of fifty eight patients (22 %) had ischaemic heart disease; and 22% (13/58) had total cholesterol/HDL ratio > 3.9 out of whom 31% (4/13) were on statins. All patients who were smokers received advice on stopping smoking and were offered counseling services and nicotine patches/bupropion by their General Practitioners.