High body fat and visceral fat in type II diabetes mellitus: A review of one hundred patients at Fatima Memorial Hospital

Background: diabetes mellitus is a significant and an emerging problem,most commonly encountered in general practice. diabetes mellitus affects the quality of life of a patient if not controlled and complications associated with the diabetes mellitus impose a threat to the health of the sufferer.body fat and visceral fat are an independent risk factors for ischemic heart disease and most of the diabetic patients are overweight and usually have higher body fat percentages along with higher visceral fat percentages which in turn enhances the risk of vascular events. aim: to measure the body fat and visceral fat through bioelectric impedance analysis which is easier,quick,on invasive and cheap way of assessing the both parameters and correlate both these two with each other as well. study design: observational,cross sectional study. setting: carried out in diabetic camp held at fatima memorial hospital under department of medicine,lahore. results: among those one hundred patients 61 patients were males and 39 were females. the age range of patients was between 20 to 80 years of age. majority of the patients belonged to ages 40-60 years. the maximum number of patients (57%) belonged in the weight range of 51-80kgs. the height of the most patients (35%) fell in the range of 161-170cm. the maximum number of the patients (39%) fell in the category of obese having bmi of > 30kg/m2 body fat and visceral fat was abnormally elevated in both the genders but it was found to be very high in female patients especially the body fat. body fat was abnormal ranging between a minimum of (12%) to maximum of (55%). visceral fat was also abnormal ranging between a minimum of (5%) to a maximum of (16%). © 2016,lahore medical and dental college. all rights reserved.