title: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among obese and non-obese patients with coronary artery disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Globally, obesity is now recognised as an epidemic. The degree of obesity is proportional to the rate of development of cardiovascular diseases, hence, resulting in a dramatic increase in morbidity and mortality. Apart from obesity, diabetes mellitus is another well recognised risk factor contributing to coronary artery disease. The precise prevalence of obesity-related diabetes varies with age, race and gender; and is yet unknown in our population. We therefore, carried out this study with the aim to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in obese and non-obese patients with diagnosed coronary artery disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  This hospital based cross-sectional comparative study was conducted in Cardiology Department of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from 15th March 2005 to 30th May 2006. A total of 200 patients with diagnosed coronary artery disease were enrolled, 100 were classified as obese and 100 as non-obese.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among these, 139 patients were male and 61 female. A total of 88 were found to be diabetic, 54 of these were obese and 34 non-obese (p = 0.004).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diabetes mellitus was significantly more frequent among obese patients with coronary artery disease as compared to non obese patients with coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, PGMI, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan. docyousafzai@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sher Bahadar
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.lastname: Hafiz-ur-Rehman
authors.forename: Lubna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Noor
authors.lastname: Hameedullah
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hafeezullah
authors.forename: Adnan Mahmood
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors