Malleswari Belle
Diabetes mellitus is known from the earliest times and its principal clinical symptoms were clearly recognised by the Hindus, Greeks and Arabians. Diabetes is a chronic illness characterised by either relative or absolute insulin deficiency leading to hyperglycaemia and other metabolic derangements. This is caused by the complex interaction of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors making the etiology multifactorial. Chronic hyperglycaemia will cause secondary pathophysiological changes in multiple organ systems and hence results in complications. Incidence and prevalence of diabetes increases with age in all ethnic groups. We wanted to study the association of BMI with retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
