The prevalence and the related factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus with chronic complications in the community-based patients of Huangpu district, Shanghai

Objective To explore the prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes with chronic complications in Huangpu district's community, and analyze their related risk factors.Methods Five hundred and sixteen cases with type 2 diabetes in the diabetic management system of Huangpu district's community were obtained by simple stochastic sampling. A self-designed questionnaire was employed to collect information concerning patients' chronic complications.Results The prevalence rate of the type 2 diabetic complication was 64.92% for cardiovascular disease, 29.26% for sensory neuropathy, 28.10% for eye disease, 20.35% for autonomic neuropathy, 20.15% for cerebrovascular disease, 5.04% for kidney disease, 3.10% for motor neuropathy, 2.71% for lower extremity vascular disease, respectively. The prevalence rate of whole complications was 77.71%. The factors related to different kinds of the chronic complications were analyzed using univariate logistic regression analysis, then analyzed using multivariate logistic regression analysis. It was found that that gender, age, disease course, medication, BMI, blood pressure, glucose abnormalities, diet control, physical activity, blood glucose measurement, cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein were the major risk factors of the major complications.Conclusion The prevalence rate of the diabetes-related chronic complications is high. Intervention to the controllable risk factors might prevent the occurrence of the chronic complications of diabetes.