Effect of Duration of Disease on Ventilatory Function in an Ethnic Saudi Group of Diabetic Patients

Diabetes mellitus is a leading cause of illness and death across the world and is responsible for a growing proportion of global health care expenditures. The present study was designed to observe the effect of diabetes mellitus on lung function in patients with diabetes belonging to a specific ethnic group, namely Saudis.This work was supported by Grant 02-438, College of Medicine Research Centre (CMRC), King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.Corresponding Author: Sultan Ayoub Meo, MBBS, Ph.D., Department of Physiology (29), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia email: [email protected] or [email protected]