TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS' COGNITIVE FUNCTION DIFFERS ACCORDING TO THEIR GENDER
The chances of women developing dementia are higher than those of men. It has only been studied a few times how type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) affects the cognitive function of men and women. We examine whether gender differences have an impact on cognitive impairment (CI) risk among type 2 diabetics in this study. Case-control experiments were used in this study. Sampling was conducted sequentially. Using Chi-square analyses and logistic regressions, the odds ratios (OR) (95% CI) were calculated, with P<0.05values to indicate significance. The study included eighty diabetic patients. On the basis of the bivariate analysis, we found that there were several factors that were associated with CI in type 2 diabetes, which included being female [OR = 3.75 (95% CI 1.23-11.38), P=0.017], having low levels of education and having hypertension. An independent risk factor for CI in type 2 diabetes was low education level and hypertension, according to the multivariate analysis. The results of this study do not indicate that type 2 diabetes is an independent risk factor for cognitive dysfunction among women