Prevalence of comorbidities in patients with type –2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM) by its ever-increasing prevalence, is a real serious public health problem for Turkey and all over the world [1,2]. TURDEP-1 and TURDEP-2 studies reveal an emerging epidemic of type 2 diabetes in Turkey [3,4]. Although more and more therapeutic options are becoming available day by day, there is still long way to go on terms of reaching treatment goals. One of the most important reasons for difficulties in management is comorbidity. Most diabetic patients have at least one co-morbidity, 40% of them have a minimum of 3 co-morbidities [5].
Source: Primary Care Diabetes - Category: Primary Care Authors: Source Type: research