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OBJECTIVE: To compare the lipid profile in diabetic (type 2) with non-diabetic’s population. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This comparative study of six months (from January 2011 to June 2011) was conducted in tertiary care hospital at Hyderabad on patients admitted through outdoor or emergency department or seen in OPD, fulfilled the inclusion criteria in which the patterns of lipid profile in type-2 diabetics is compared with non-diabetics. Two hundred patients were included in this study, one hundred patients with type-2 diabetes and hundred non-diabetic patients. RESULTS: It was found that the commonest dyslipidaemia among type-2 diabetics was raised serum triglyceride level, but raised LDL-C and serum cholesterol and low HDL-C were also found. CONCLUSION: Diabetic dyslipidaemia is the commonest sequelae of type-2 diabetes and predisposes a patient to premature atherosclerrosis and risk of CHD. KEYWORD: Diabetes mellitus, lipid, dyslipidemia and lipoproteins. |
