Sadiq Hussain Malik, Farheen Aslam, Ali Imran.
The Contribution of Dyslipidemia in development of Retinopathy in Type II Diabetic patients.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(2):511-3.

Background: Diabetic patients are at greater risk to present with Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) . Dyslipidemic patients have high probability to show retinal atherosclerotic changes that can progress to blindness . Aim: To determine contributory role of lipid profile abnormalities in the development of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). Methods: 381 Type 2 diabetic patients with 10 years duration were enrolled and investigated for presence of diabetic retinopathy . Ninety two patients exhibited retinopathic changes. They were compared with age and gender matched diabetic patients. Results: The serum levels of Total Cholesterol (TC) and Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol (LDL-C) were considerably raised in patients presented with diabetic retinopathy while lipid profile values for Triglycerides (TG) and High Density Lipoprotein – Cholesterol (HDL-C) were almost identical between two groups. Conclusion: There is a strong relationship between dyslipidemia and diabetic retinopathy.

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