Features of anemia development in patients with diabetes mellitus

Anemia is a common and often untimely diagnosed complication of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, which not only affects the quality of life of patients and reduces their exercise tolerance, but also affects the development of chronic complications of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. In diabetes mellitus, as in other diseases, in accordance with the criteria of the World Health Organization, anemia is defined as a hemoglobin level of less than 120 g / l in women and less than 130 g / l in men.