Department of Physiology, Allama lqbal Medical College and Post Graduate Medical Institute, Lahore

Serum cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentrations were measured in 192 diabetics (94 with juvenile-onset and 98 with maturity-onset diabetes) and 177 non-diabetic controls. HbA1c an index of blood sugar control, was also measured in the diabetics. Serum cholesterol concentrations were similar in all the diabetics and controls, but HDL cholesterol concentrations were lower in patients with maturity-onset diabetes than in those with juvenileonset diabetes and controls. There was no correlation in diabetics between HDL cholesterol and HbA1c. We conclude that HDL cholesterol concentrations are abnormally low in patients with maturity-onset diabetes but essentially normal in those with juvenile-onset diabetes. They are not related to diabetic control.

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Keywords:

High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol.
Diabetes Mellitus.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2.
Lipoproteins, HDL.
Cholesterol.
Triglycerides.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1.
Diabetic Diet.
Blood Glucose.

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