title: Prevalence of anaemia in patients with diabetes mellitus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Anaemia is an increasingly recognised entity in patients with diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to determine the prevalence of anaemia in our population of patients with diabetes, and to examine the factors associated with anaemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The haemoglobin (Hb) levels in a consecutive series of patients attending for annual review of their diabetes over a three-month period were measured. Patients were classified as anaemic as per the WHO criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the period of study, 270 patients attended for review. Eleven per cent of males and 16% of females were anaemic. Seventy four per cent of anaemic patients had a serum creatinine <110micromol/l and 72% of anaemic patients had a calculated creatinine clearance of >60ml/min.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anaemia was relatively common in patients attending for routine outpatient diabetes clinic review. The high prevalence of anaemia supports the routine screening for anaemia in the diabetes out-patient clinic, including in those without overt nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Endocrinology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cawood
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sreenan
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged