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Background: Despite the availability of efficacious anti diabetic drugs, which act by different mechanisms to reduce the blood glucose, the majority of people with diabetes on anti-diabetic drug therapy, have poor glycemic control and diabetic vascular complications. Aims & Objectives: The aim was to assess the risk factors and co-morbidities in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients admitted to a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and Method: A prospective observational study was conducted Department of General Medicine in Karuna Medical College Hospital, Vilayodi, Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala, 500 bedded multi-specialty tertiary care teaching hospital located in rural India for 6 months. The study is based on the data collection from 92 patients who were aged >30 years old and above of either gender with T2DM in a tertiary care hospital. Demographics of the patients are collected in a designed questionnaire form and the relevant information is recorded and analyzed. Results: A total of 92 patients were included. The mean age was 64.8 years out of which the majority were male (54.3 %) and female (45.6 %). Among all patients, 21.7% had only T2DM; however, 78.3% of patients had T2DM with other comorbidities (T2DM with hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic kidney disease). The major risk factors that were found in our study were family history (41.3%), social habits such as smoking (24.9%), alcohol (14%), and physical inactivity. Conclusion: Comorbidities and risk factors are common in this population and this pattern emphasizes the need for patient-centered healthcare, mental health is a growing concern, and there is a need for interventions that target both physical and mental health in this population