Original Research

Frequency of Metabolic Syndrome in Newly Diagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Maliha Hashim
Services Institute of Medical Sciences/Services Hospital, Lahore
Syed Muhammad Naeem Afzal
Services Institute of Medical Sciences/Services Hospital, Lahore
Muhammad Arif Nadeem
Services Institute of Medical Sciences/Services Hospital, Lahore

✉ Correspondence: Muhammad Arif Nadeem Email: arifnadeem1234@gmail.com

DOI https://doi.org/10.70302/jpsim.v2i1.2111
Volume: 2, Issue 1 Pages: 37–41 Published: 13 Mar 2021
Received: 06 Dec 2020 Accepted: 06 Jan 2021 Published Online: 13 Mar 2021

Abstract

Background

Diabetes mellitus can cause disturbances in the body's metabolism and energy utilization from
carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) can complicate to diabetes mellitus,
cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Methods

It was a cross-sectional study, conducted at Medical Unit III, Services Hospital Lahore from
26/04/2018 to 25/10/2018. This study involved 194 patients of both genders aged between 16-60 years
diagnosed of type II diabetes for at least 6 months. These patients were assessed for the presence of metabolic
syndrome (according to IDF definition). Awritten informed consent was obtained from every patient.

Results

The mean age of the patients was 49.2±10.9 years. There were 106 (54.6%) male and 88 (45.4%)
female patients in the study group with a male to female ratio of 1.2:1. The mean BMI of these patients was
28.4±3.9 Kg/m2. 61 (31.4%) patients were obese while 89 (45.9%) patients were smoker. Metabolic syndrome
was diagnosed in 129 (66.5%) patients with type-II diabetes. It was significantly higher in females (79.5% vs.
55.7%; p-value<0.001) as compared to males while there was no statistically significant difference in the
frequency of metabolic syndrome across various subgroups of type-II diabetic patients based on age (p=0.789),
BMI (p=0.173) and smoking status (p=0.579).

Conclusion

We observed that a substantial proportion of patients with newly diagnosed type II diabetes
suffered metabolic syndrome which warrants routine screening of such patients for metabolic syndrome so that
timely diagnosis and management may improve the case outcome.

Keywords
Type-II Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome Dyslipidemia

How to Cite This Article

Hashim M, Afzal SMN, Nadeem MA. Frequency of Metabolic Syndrome in Newly Diagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients. J Pak Soc Intern Med. 2021;2(1):37–41. doi:10.70302/jpsim.v2i1.2111

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Conflict of Interest

All authors declare no competing interests.

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