This was a cross-sectional study carried out at the Diabetes Clinic of theLagos State University Teaching Hospital, lkeja and the General Hospital Gbagada in Lagos State of Nigeria. Two hundred and sixty-three consenting outpatients with DM irrespective of DM type were recruited randomly for the study which took place over a period of four months (September 2008–December 2008). Approval was obtained from the Ethics committee of the LASUTH and General hospital Gbagada, Lagos State.