Research Article

Prevalence of Anaemia and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of T2DM patients at UGCSH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 372).

VariablesFrequency (n = 372)Percentage (%)

Sex
 Male14238.17
 Female23061.83
Age (years)
 ≤6016644.62
 >6020655.38
Duration of DM
 ≤56517.47
 6–1019351.88
 >1011430.65
Hypertension
 Yes10026.88
 No27273.12
SBP
 ≤14029679.57
 >1407620.43
DBP
 ≤9032787.90
 >904512.10
Microvascular complication
 No23462.90
 Yes13837.10
Macrovascular complication
 No31684.95
 Yes5615.05
Glycaemic control
 Poor34693.01
 Good266.99
Type of treatment
 Oral hypoglycaemic agent32988.44
 Combined4311.56

DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure. Combined both insulin and oral hypoglycaemic agents.