Pulmonary Functions in Patients With Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus and Correlation With Duration and Glycemic Index

Abstract

ABSTRACT:There is an alarming increase in incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Asian Indians, since diabetes is a multisystem disorder which may affect many organs of the body it becomes important to study long term effect of diabetes mellitus on lung functions and also correlate the glycemic index with lung functions. Hence the present study was undertaken to establish the correlation between duration of diabetic mellitus and glycemic index with pulmonary function test. METHODOLOGY: 40 Type 2 diabetics taken as cases and controls and PFT was performed and documented and statically analyzed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: there was a decline in pulmonary functions FVC, FEV1, FEF25-75 and PEFR with increasing duration of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (P <0.05), however there was no changes seen with respect to Glycemic index and was not significant. In Type 2 Diabetes mellitus there is a mixed pattern of abnormality seen, restrictive and obstructive type of pulmonary pathology with increasing duration of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus.