Frequency of impaired glucose tolerance test in children with beta thalassemia major

Aim: to find out the frequency of impaired glucose tolerance in children with beta thalassemia major on regular blood transfusion. methods: this was a cross sectional studyconducted at thalassemia center,department of pediatric,bahawal victoria hospital bahawalpur from february 2015 to august 2015. total 161 children older than 3 years and less than 20 years having thalassemia major and receiving more than 5 blood transfusions (75ml packed cells /kg) per year as an average and minimum 20 blood transfusions were recruited for the study. results: in our study,86(53.42%) were between 3-10 years and 75(46.58%) were between 11-20 years,mean+sd was calculated 10.55+4.90 years,97(60.25%) were male and 64(39.75%) were females and frequency of impaired glucose tolerance reveals in 17(10.56%) while 144(89.44%) had no findings of the morbidity. conclusion: we concluded that the frequency of impaired glucose tolerance in children with thalassemia major on regular blood transfusion is higher; however,some other studies are required to authenticate our findings.