Association between Type 2 diabetes and different poorly controlled factors

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to show the association between diabetic complications and different factors poorly controlled. The factors are body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), age, gender, duration of diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), smoking, nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, cataract, insulin, oral drugs, exercise and metformin. The forest plot has been drawn to display the counts, risk estimates and their associated confidence intervals. Random effects model has been used to combine the data. Heterogeneity among studies is assessed using the Q statistic and I2 index. In Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) data, BMI, gender, duration of diabetes, retinopathy, insulin, oral drugs, metformin, and adherence to exercise have shown significant result. In diabetology data (a dataset of six studies worldwide), BMI, age, gender, hypertension, CHD, neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, oral drugs and adherence to exercise have also shown significant result. BMI, age, gender, retinopathy, use of insulin, oral drugs and physical exercise are found to be significantly different for these two sets of data.

J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 40(1): 17-26, June 2014