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Abstract This study was performed on 77 diabetic patients and 34 age-matched healthy person as control. The diabetic patients were classified into four subgroups according to : I- Family history of diabetes into: 1- patients with negative family history (38 patients). 2- patients with positive family history (39 patients). II- Duration of disease into : 1- diabetics with disease duration less than 5 years (28 patients). 2- diabetics with disease duration more than 5 years (49 patients). This group was further classified according to presence or absence of vascular complications: A- Non vascular complicated diabetics with disease duration less than 5 years (28 patients). B- Non vascular complicated patients (14 patients). C- Vascular complicated patients (35 patients). Groups B C were diabetics with disease duration more than 5 years. |