Analyzing Malnutrition as a Leading Cause of High Diabetic Mortality Rates in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria

The population of people living with diabetes is on the increase due to broad knowledge of the disease and self-improve life style of people living with type 2 diabetes however malnutrition is a known complication to these set of persons especially the elderly due to economic situations, loss of appetite and over feeding. the study aims at to evaluate the nutritional status of diabetes patients using global leadership initiative on malnutrition. A total of 343 patients with type 2 diabetics were included in the study the malnutrition status was using the GLIM and clinical parameters including albumin and total leukocyte (TLC4. moderate malnutrition was observed in 55% of and severe malnutrition in 30% of the population sample. Among the factors associated with nutritional status were BMI (p