Relationship between Peripheral Blood Cytopenia and Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Benha University Hospital

Document Type : Original Research Papers

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1 (MB, B.CH) of internal medicine, Faculty of medicine, Benha University,Egypt

2 lecturer of internal medicine, Faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt

3 Assistant Professor of clinical pathology, Faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt

4 Assistant Professor of internal medicine, Faculty of medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a rapidly growing health problem affecting about 10.2% of adults worldwide. In Egypt, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is around 15.6% of all adults aged 20 to 79. The aim of this work is to detect the hematological abnormalities that may occur with diabetic patients and to assess the relationship between hematological abnormalities and diabetic complications.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 100 T2DM patients were age between 30- 65 years old, diabetic patients diagnosed by FBG, 2hPP and HbA1c. All the diabetic patients are under treatment in all units of Internal medicine department, Benha University Hospital.
Results: According to Relation between (HbA1C) and Complete Blood Count, there was a statistically significant difference between Controlled group (n= 38) and Uncontrolled group (n= 62) regarding RBCs count, Hb concentration, HCT, MCV and PLT count (P <0.001, 0.002, <0.001, 0.066, Conclusions: T2DM disrupts the hematological parameters and results in a mild form of cytopenia.

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