The risk factors of type 2 diabetic patients attending Rajshahi Diabetes Association, Rajshahi, Bangladesh and its primary prevention.

Abstract

Diabetes is a serious harmful disease. The purpose of this study is to find out the risk factors of Type 2 diabetic patients in Bangladesh. For this purpose, the data are collected from the diabetic patients of Rajshahi Diabetes Association, Bangladesh. To fulfill this objective, chi square test and logistic regression analysis have been used. It is found that diabetes affects more in the age 35 years and over which is 89.7% in which 68.3% have type 2 diabetes. Again, 79.3% of diabetic patients have type 2 diabetes in which females (43.7%) are more affected than males (35.7%). It has been found that age, controlling diabetic through exercise, controlling diabetic through taking medicine and living house of the respondents are significantly associated with the type 2 diabetes of diabetic patients. It is also identified from logistic model that respondent's age, occupation, controlling diabetic through dieting, controlling diabetic through exercise, controlling diabetic through taking medicine, time spending in walking, calorie intake according to diabetic food table and living house of the respondents have statistically significant effect on type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is classed as a metabolism disorder. It is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action and both, and is associated with serious complications and premature death. Also, diabetes mellitus is a major public health care problem with increasing incidence and long term complications. It is a leading cause of illness and death across the world which is associated with continuing damage, dysfunction and failure of various organs including lungs(1). The most common form of diabetes is type 2 diabetes which occurs when the pancreas is usually producing enough insu- lin but for unknown reasons the body can't use the insulin effectively (this condition is called insulin resistance). Diabetes is an emerging issue in developing as well as developed countries of the world. It was estimated that the number of people with diabetes globally would increase from current 171 million to 366 by 2030(2). In developed countries like United States which is one of the most vul- nerable places in terms of number of diabetic patients in which diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death listed