Diabetic patients are more susceptible to secondary diseases like neuropathy, nephropathy, reti nopathy, cardiovascular disease and various other non -cardiovascular disorders. Long term diabetes promotes the risk for secondary diseases. In present study we evaluated the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), urinary tract infection (UTI) , and neuropathy and liver diseases in diabetic patients. In the following research, a cross -sectional study of randomly selected diabetic patients was performed using a standardized questionnaire. We evaluated all patients of type II and type I diabetes mellitus with severe secondary disease that were followed i n the outpatient clinic. The total of 970 patients was randomly selected divided into two broad groups. Group A had 552 male participants and group B had 480 female participants. Each subject was evaluated on the basis of their clinical data for the presence of neuropathy, nephropathy, CVD and liver diseases. Among 970 subjects, 67 male (12%) and 74 female participants (15.41%) were diagnosed with neuropathy, 98 male (17.7%) and 232 female (48.33%) with UTI, cardiovascular diseases found in 293 male (53.07%) and 82 female (17.08%) diabetic patients while 71 male subjects (12.86%) and 53 female patients (11.04%) with liver disease. In the conclusion, study was proving that CVD is most prevalent in diabetic male patients and UTI was found significantly more frequent secondary disease in female participants.
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