Prevalence of Chronic Complications, Their Risk Factors, and the Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending the Diabetic Clinic at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 4

Comparison of chronic complications with other regions in Asia.

Complication	Sri Lanka 2016	Sri Lanka 2012	South Asia	East Asia	China	Middle East
Macrovascular complications	13.4%	—	23.3%	26.8%	21.3%	28.7%
CVD	10.5%	5.6%
PVD	4.2%	0.5%
Stroke	1.1%	—
Microvascular complications	74%	—	39%	56%	49.6%	65.8%
Retinopathy	26.1%	25.7%	16.3%	23.7%	22.1%	33.9%
Nephropathy	50.8%	20.4%	20.3%	28.4%	22.3%	40.8%
Neuropathy	62.6%	28.4%	24.6%	36.95	33.3%	53.4%
Diabetic foot	2.6%	—	4.9%	5.3%	2.5%	8.6%

Data from other regions taken from a multinational study done from 2009-2010 [22].