Duration of DM 2 (years) mean 10.6 No of patients and % HbA1c mean% <5 156 (26%) 7.31% 5-10 143 (24%) 7.58% 10-15 126 (21%) 8.22% >15 169 (28%) 8.15% p- value= 0.0001

Table 8: HbA1c level according to duration of diabetes (patients n=594).