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The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes in our center and to identify the major risk factors for these complications.

This cross sectional study was conducted on 4067 patients out of 4400 type 2 diabetic patients attending the diabetic clinic during Jan 99 to Dec 2000. All patients underwent the specific tests for retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, peripheral vascular diseases (PVD) and cardio-vascular diseases using relevant investigations.