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The Correlation Between Anemia and Sex Differences in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Suffering from Microvascular Complications
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MIQDAM M. OBAID AL-JUMAILI, MOHAMMED A. AJEEL, WIJDAN I.A. ABD-ALWAHAB
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Anemia is a recognized clinical case in diabetes mellitus patients. In cross-sectional studies, the prevalence of anemia in diabetes patients is between 14 and 23%. Some forms of morbidity between diabetes patients have resulted from anemia and/or anemia complications. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-Sharqat general hospital in Salah Al-Din Governorate for a period of three months for the period from April 1 to July 1. 218 blood samples of patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes and anemia were collected from the hospital attendance to conclude the current study. The FBS, Hb and Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels of each one of the patients was measured. The mean diabetes militias du¬ration of 7± 5.4 years and the mean age was 57±10 years, 60 % of them were males. There was no significant correlation between microcytic anemia and microvascular complications while there was a significant correlation between normocytic anemia and nephropathy in males and females of the study while there was a significant correlation between the males and females of the retinopathy and normocytic anemia. The correlation between males and females of the neuropathy with macrocytic anemia were significant while there was a significant correlation between males of the nephropathy and macrocytic anemia. According to the mentioned results, it is concluded that there are a clear association between anemia, sex differences and microvascular complications in diabetic patients especially in the current study subjects.
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Anemia, Sex Differences, Diabetes Mellitus, Microvascular Complications.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.03.421
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