Key result
Body mass index and glycated hemoglobin levels showed no significant correlation with resting oxygen saturation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Why the study?
Obesity causes hypoxemia and HbA1c lowers oxygen-carrying capacity, but their effect on oxygen saturation in type 2 diabetes mellitus needed assessment.
Cross-Sectional (n=100)
No
p-value: p=0.3 for BMI, 0.679 for HbA1c
In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, resting oxygen saturation levels appear to be independent of BMI and HbA1c levels.
Background: Diabetics and obese persons are highly susceptible to cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Obesity causes hypoxemia and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) also is known to lower the oxygen-carrying capacity and related systemic vascular vasodilatory adaptations and responses. Aim was to assess the effect of obesity and glycosylated hemoglobin on oxygen saturation in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods: HbA1c level and oxygen saturation (SpO2) were measured in 100 adult, obese (Body mass index>30) T2DM patients.Results: Mean HbA1C and SpO2 values were 8.69±2.41% and 95.24±3.23% respectively. P value for correlation between SpO2 and BMI was 0.3. On the other hand, p-value for correlation between SpO2 and HbA1c was 0.679Conclusions: There was no significant effect of obesity and HbA1c on oxygen saturation in T2DM patients.
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Chouhan et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Type 2 diabetes mellitus (n=100). Body mass index and glycated hemoglobin was evaluated on Correlation between oxygen saturation (SpO2) and BMI or HbA1c (p=0.3 for BMI, 0.679 for HbA1c). Body mass index and glycated hemoglobin levels showed no significant correlation with resting oxygen saturation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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