Original article © EUROMEDITERRANEAN BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL 2016, 11 (19):134-140. DOI: 10.3269/1970-5492.2016.11.19 Available on-line at: http://www.embj.org Address of the authors: Department of Mathematics, American International University – Bangladesh. Send correspondence to: Keshab C Bhuyan, kcbhuiyan@aiub.edu Received: 14th July, 2016 — Revised: 27th August, 2016 — Accepted: 19th Septem- ber, 2016 ISSN 2279-7165 - Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal [online] E URO M EDITERRANEAN B IOMEDICAL J OURNAL for young doctors DISCRIMINATING DIABETIC PATIENTS OF SOME RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF BANGLADESH: A DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS APPROACH Jannatul Fardus and Keshab C Bhuyan Summary The present analysis was conducted in the American International University of Bang- ladesh using the data collected from 900 respondents. Among the respondents 70.6 percent are diabetic patients. Finding reveals that the largest percentage of patients is of the age group ≥ 50 + years. About 34 percent patients are suffering from Type II diabetes and among them 63.3 percent are in the age group ≥50 + years. Higher prevalence rates of diabetes are observed among farmers and retired persons. The diabetic patients are discriminated from non-diabetic respondents due to the variables age, residence and work type. Most important variables for discriminating diabetic pa- tients are age, education and work-type. Introduction Diabetes is a disease characterized by excessive urination which is caused by insuffi- cient insulin production or lack of responsiveness to insulin. The impact of insufficient insulin production is hyperglycemia. Thus, diabetes mellitus is a major and growing health problem in most countries and an important cause of prolonged disease and early death since insulin is essential to process carbohydrate, fat and protein [1]. In- sufficient insulin production is associated with health problem such as gangrene, blindness, kidney failure, health failure, prolonged ill health and death due to vascular diseases [2 – 5]. The risk factors for cardiovascular disease are glucose and lipid ab- normalities and the prevalence of this disease is a major factor due to diabetes in both developed and developing countries [6]. Nearly 80% of people with diabetes live in low and middle income countries [4]. Dia- betes is prevalent among 10% people of Bangladesh and according to the interna- tional Diabetes Federation, the prevalence will be 13% by 2030 [4]. However, no na-