European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: The incidence and the life expectancy of the diabetic patients have both increased with resulting in the increased prevalence and clinical importance of musculoskeletal alterations in diabetic. Present study was aimed to study correlation between duration of diabetes mellitus and occurrence of rheumatologic manifestations in patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Material and Methods: Present study was cross sectional study, conducted in above 30 years age, either gender, diagnosed cases of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The control group comprised of subjects without family history of diabetes mellitus, fasting blood sugar values <126mg/dl and postprandial blood sugar values<200. Results: During study period, 100 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and 50 non diabetics were included in the study. Mean age for diabetics was 55.3 ± 10 yrs while for control group mean age was 51.3 ± 10 yrs. Out of 100 diabetic pts included in study 66 % were male and 34 % were female. Out of 50 non diabetic control group 35 were male and 15 were female. Majority of diabetic population had 0 - 5 years of duration of disease (52 %) with average duration of disease is 6.7 years. Rheumatological manifestations seen in 31 % pts with type 2 DM and 16% pts without DM. Prevalence of rheumatological manifestations in diabetic population is more in females (47%) as compared to males and it is statistically significant(p- 0. 0126). Majority of diabetic pts with rheumatological manifestations were noted to have 6 -10 years of duration of Diabetes & relation was not significant statistically (p > 0.05). Conclusion: There is no correlation seen with the duration of diabetes and the prevalence of rheumatological manifestations.