Association of pulmonary functions and HbA1c in diabetics

Aim: to find the association of pulmonary functions and hba1c in diabetes. study design: prospective study place of study: department of physiology,basic medical sciences institute (bmsi),in collaboration with the department of chest medicine and department of medicine,jpmc. duration of study: the study was conducted from september 2005-june 2006 patients and methods: a total of 60 known subjects of diabetes of either sex age range between 40-60 years were selected for this study. results: the two main findings of the study were: (1) the pulmonary function test results in diabetics were significantly altered; (2) the pulmonary dysfunction was more pronounced in patients with long standing diabetes mellitus.