Gender difference of Hyperuricemia in patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Dr. Usha Saroj, Dr Abhay Kumar

AimsWe aimed to evaluate the gender difference of Hyperuricemia among patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a

retrospective chart review.

Methods : It was a retrospective chart review study, all documents either as hard copy or electronically stored of diagnosed

cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus were assessed for inclusion exclusion criteria, and on qualification their small Sociodemographic

data sheet was filled up and available lab reports were recorded in tabulated form.

Results A total of 200 subjects were included for the study, 129 patients (64.5 %) were male and 35.5% (n=71) were female.

Based on serum uric acid estimation a total of 55 patients had hyperurecemic, that consisted of 27.5% of the total sample size. On

group comparison across gender groups, there was siginificant difference on uric acid level and fasting blood sugar level.

Conclusions This study finds that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, an increased UA level was associated with female

gender then males.