The Risk factors of diabetic neuropathy in type 2 diabetic patient in Services Hospital Lahore

Objective: To investigate the risk factors and to study the effect of these risk factors on the diabetic neuropathy (DN). Method: th The study was a retrospective case-control, hospital-based study and was carried out from18th November 2021 to 20 December 2021 through the questionnaire. Respondents were patients of diabetes mellitus (n=277) who visited the Diabetes Management Center of Services Hospital, Lahore. Binary Logistic regression model was fitted using SPSS 20.0 Result: Sample comprised of 277 subjects and among these, 122 and 155 were cases and controls respectively. Female gender (OR=2.225), duration of diabetes (OR=1.066), blood glucose level in fasting (OR=1.006), and age (OR= 1.042) have a significant effect on the prevalence of diabetic neuropathy. Conclusion: The risk of Diabetic Neuropathy has been found higher, due to an increase in age, duration of diabetes and uncontrolled glucose level in the blood. Female patients of diabetes mellitus have higher probability of DN as compared to male patients.