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) |