Health Economics & Outcome Research: Open Access

Geriatrics or geriatric Medicine is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people [1]. Elderly or older person, it should be either 50 or 55 years of age and above, but even this is somewhat arbitrary and introduce additional problems of data comparability across nations the more additional problem of data comparability across nations as per the more traditional definitions of an elder or elderly person correlate with the chronological age 50 to 65 years depending on the setting the region and the country [2].

Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose or blood sugar, levels are too high glucose comes from the food we eat. Insulin is a hormone that helps the glucose get in to cells to give them energy with type diabetes, the more common type 1 diabetes, body does not make insulin. The body does not make or use insulin well without enough insulin, the glucose stays in the blood [3]. It can damage eyes, kidneys nerves and heart disease, stroke and even the need to remove a limb [3]. Type 2 diabetes develops gradually over a year the signs and symptoms are Fatigue, frequent urination, Excess, thirst, Blurry or cloudy vision wounds that won’t heal, tingling or numbness in feet [4].

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is due primarily to lifestyle factors and genetics [5]. A number of lifestyle factors are known to be important to the development of type 2 DM, including obesity, lack of physical activity, Poor diet, stress and Urbanization [6].

A Fasting blood sugar level less than 100 mg/dl is normal. A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 135 mg/dl is considered pre diabetes if its 126 mg/dl or higher is considered diabetic [7]. To control high blood sugar, not only taking the medicine is important, but also has to include best food in a diet for diabetes. Vegetables should eat in Diabetes low sodium fresh vegetables, roasted steamed and grilled vegetables are best, avoid a cooked vegetables with cheese, butter or sauce, cream Red meat fried meat, fried fish should be avoided with diabetes [8]. In the nurses’ Health Study into red meat and processed meats were related to expanded danger of diabetes [9]. Over weight at age 25 year and BMI at 25, 35 and 45 years of age strongly associated with diabetes risk [10]. A more than normal BMI ranges raises the risk of heart diseases, stroke, kidney failure, nervous system and eyes problem with type 2 diabetic patients [11]. Proper diet and exercise are key components of management of type 2 diabetes [12]. Vegan or fruit mixed diets regularly to be higher in fiber which slows the rate sugar is soaking up into the blood stream. Switching people with diabetes to vegan diet decreased HbA1c abd LDL (Low density Lipoprotien), and may improve blood filterability [13].

Junk foods are high in calories and low in vitamins minerals and fiber junk food likewise commonly contains a lot of included sugar and high in saturated fats. With the goal that garbage nourishment to process all the more rapidly, which can build glucose levels and terrible cholesterol [14].

Overall, diabetes frequency is higher in rural India as 68% of population lives in villages and accept because of unaware or lack of medical care [15].

Experts think that the increasing fact of obesity and diabetes in India because of increased use of saturated fats, sugar and unawareness of exercise and that these changes are related to urbanization (Migration from Rural to Urban areas) [16].

We selected 100 known geriatric male & female diabetic type 2 patients from the diabetes camps and carried out the study on blood samples. The study was conducted in a single diabetes center of India in serial camps organized by diabetic Association, Amravati branch of India. Study of diet carried out by questionnaire about veg and Non veg, diet etc. and BMI with the help of standard formula, BMI=weigh in kilo/ height in MX Height in M [17] patients. Fasting Blood Glucose (12 hour empty stomach) done by Glucose oxides peroxides method [18].

The results were presented as a mean standard deviation. The correlation study between BMI and fasting blood glucose was done using Pearson’s correlation test degree of correlation by coefficient correlation testing.

Hundred subjects included in the study, Values obtained for Body Mass index Fasting Blood glucose shown in the Table 1.

Table 1: Diet relation of diet, body mass index, and fasting blood glucose.

The statistical analysis showed 78.33% diabetic male were found to be Non vegetarian and 21.67% diabetic male were found to be Vegetarian, while 64.32% diabetic female found to be Non vegetarian and 35.68 % female found to be vegetarian, male 14.01% high than that of female in case of Non veg diet but, reverse result obtained in subject of obesity female 16.99% higher than male in case of obesity. Correlation analyzed by person’s correlation we found the positive correlation between the Body Mass index and Blood glucose i.e., 0.11478. Significant correlation observed by ‘t’ test, i.e., 1.7244 (calculated value) among the Blood glucose and geriatric type 2 diabetes patients.

Graphic representation of diet and body mass index in geriatric type 2 diabetes mellitus

The normal range of BMI is 0 -25 but people with diabetes who eat Non vegan diet will have Body Mass Index (BMI) of Male- 25-44 and Female BMI range 28-49, diabetic people who have vegan diet BMI range of male 22-27 and female range 20-31 shown in Figures 1-4 respectively.

Figure 1: Diabetic patients taking non vegan diet (Male).

Figure 2: Diabetic patients taking vegan diet (Male).

Figure 3: Diabetic patients taking non vegan diet (Female).

Figure 4: Diabetic patients taking vegan diet (Female).

Our study was tabulated and compared with studies of other workers. The higher BMI was associated with incensed resistance and disease, insulin there for [5]. The consumption of red meat, particularly processed meat, increase the risk of insulin resistance type 2 Diabetes, whereas there is controversy over poultry [19]. Non veg consumption was positively associated with hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance in nondiabetic people, and that those associated was mainly dependent on BMI status [20]. Higher consumption of total meat may lead to insulin resistance and related chronic disease development, such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease [21]. Obesity is known to induce insulin resistance due to decrease in insulin-sensitive receptors as the weight increase [22]. Researcher on obesity have demonstrated an expanded weight list in elderly population, which requires consideration due to the risk of co morbidities that expansion with an expanded risk of mortality [23].

The burden of diabetes is much higher in the older population and is associated with more clinical complications than in younger people, however, valid data on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the elderly population are spares in Europe despite its enormous human and economic burden [24]. Vegetarian dietary patterns have been linked to numerous health benefits, including a lower risk of ischemic heart disease, hypertension, cancer and type 2 Diabetes and decreased BMI [25]. Diet, a lifestyle behavior has been reported as a management domain with very low compliance among diabetes [26]. The adoption of new food habits is not an easily achieved goal. Diabetic patients encounter several educational, environmental psychological and lifestyle difficulties in modifying their lives to accommodate disease management [27]. A healthy eating lifestyle resulted in low HbA1c levels and was positively related to specific food habits, i.e., limiting the amount of high- sugar foods and portion sizes, eating only an occasional desert, reducing high fat foods eating low- fat foods, eating regularly plan meals, limiting specific carbohydrate [28].

In the present study we found;

• Non vegetarian Diabetic male (%) higher than Diabetic female in case of diet while Diabetic female higher (%) than male in case of obesity.

• Positive correlation observed between Body mass index and fasting Blood glucose.

• Significant correlation observed among the, body mass index and fasting Blood glucose.

We would like to thank Diabetic Association, Amravati for giving us permission to undertake this study and their kind cooperation.