Glycemic And Lipids Control In Patients With Diabetes And Cardiovascular Or Renal Diseases Across All The Government Health Sectors In The Emirate Of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Vol 13, Pg 590, 2018)

The guidelines suggest setting the glycemic and lipid targets according to the stage of the disease and other co - existing complications in the patients with diabetes.Aims: We aimed to evaluate the HbA1c and lipids level in patients with high risk diabetes from 2012 e2016, attending different level of care in Dubai health authority.Materials and methods: This is a retrospective analysis of the electronic medical records of all patients who attended the Dubai Health authority between 2012- 2016. All patients with an ICD code of any type of diabetes in addition to cardiovascular or renal diseases were. Patients were categorized based on their HbA1c into control of< 7.5, 7.5 e 8, and > 8%. While lipids were categorized as f LDL < 70 mg/dl, and the Non- HDL < 100 mg/dl.Results: Out of total number of 26647 patients diagnosed with diabetes, 2015 patients did fit the criteria of this study. The desired mean of HbA1c of < 7.5% achieved by 21.76% and 28.94% in T1DM and T2DM, respectively. The LDL of < 70 mg/dl was achieved by 27.8% of the patients.Conclusion: In patients with diabetes and multiple complications, the glycemic and lipids control is suboptimal. However, the pattern showed numerical improvement over the years. (c) 2018 Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.