WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Dr. Oday Noori Mohammad, Dr. Ban Khalooq Zaki and Dr. Mohammad Yousif Mohammad

ABSTRACT

Background: The high prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus results in substantial physical injury and financial burden for those who are affected. The most often used method for gauging glycemic control in people with diabetes mellitus is the HbA1c test. Objectives: To Assess control of HbA1C among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, also to find out correlation between levels of plasma glucose and HbA1c. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study was done among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetic and Endocrine Centre in Sulaimani city, the study was carried out on 1000 patients from December 2012 to July 2013. Results: All of the patients had type 2 DM , most of them (59.6%) were females, majority of patients (75.9%) were living inside city and most of them (50.9%) were house wives, while family history was positive in (57.4%) and most of them were non-smokers and non-alcoholics, (65.9%) and (90.4%) respectively. Conclusions: The present study revealed that there was a significant relationship between HbA1c with age, sex, BMI, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, occupation, smoking, alcohol intake no significant relationship between HbA1c and the duration of diabetes, residence, family history, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol and TG and no significant in the mean difference comparing FBS1 and FBS2.