Mumtaz Ali Shaikh, Santosh Kumar, Rafi Ahmed Ghouri.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and lipid abnormalities.
J Liaquat Uni Med Health Sci Jan ;9(3):145-7.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the lipid abnormalities in type 2 diabetics. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This descriptive analytical study conducted on one thousand adult patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus in medical clinic at LUMHS Hospital. The study was conducted from April 2008 to April 2010. Data was collected on special proforma. RESULTS: Patients of diabetes mellitus type 2 had mean age of 40+10.56 yrs, range 21–80 years with median age 38 years. Among these patients median duration of diabetes was 20 years and average duration ranged from 6 months to 36 years. Further analysis of results showed that raised cholesterol was detected in 38% (n=380) patients with C.I. 28.2–42.2. Triglyceride was increased in 60% (n=600) patients with C.I. 51.0–64.7. The HDL was decreased in 20% (n=200) patients with C.I. 14.1–24.7, while LDL was raised in 29% (n=290) patients with C.I. 25.7 – 37.0 (Table I). CONCLUSION: Outcome of this study showed that majority of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients had their lipid levels deranged.

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