STUDY OF OCCURANCE OF GALL BLADDER STONES AMONG PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN A TERITIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Background: Diabetes could form cholesterol gallstones more frequently because of a reduced gallbladder contraction and increased biliary cholesterol secretion. A meta -analysis study suggested that there is a strong association between diabetes mellitus and the occurrence of gallstone disease. The incidence of gallstones is higher in Type 2 Diabetes both in males and females than the non-diabetics. To study the frequency of gallbladder stones among patients with Objective: Method: type 2 Diabetes mellitus. After institutional ethical committee approval and obtaining written informed consent from the patients, an observational cross-sectional study was conducted on patients admitted in Raja Rajeswari medical college and hospital over a period of one and half year on 100 known case of type II diabetes mellites for more than or equal to 5 years. In the present study, the Results: occurrence of gallbladder stones was 21% among Type 2 diabetes mellitus participants. Even though statistical association could not be proven, a higher HbA1c level was found to be among the study participants with gall stones when compared with the study participants without gall stones. 21% of the study participants were Conclusion: diagnosed with Gall stones. 79% of the study participants were not diagnosed with gall stones