Prevalence of comorbidities in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Aims: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is gradually increasing in Turkey and it is becoming a serious public health problem. Other diseases which accompany diabetes becloud its treatment and bring additional problems. Until now, there have been no studies investigating the prevalence of co-morbidities in Turkish diabetic patients. With this study, we aimed to resolve the deficiency on this subject.