WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Premshanker Singh*, Ritu Karoli and Shobhit Shakya

ABSTRACT

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a common health problem globally. Dyslipidaemia is a major risk factor to develop cardiovascular disease in diabetics. The present study was undertaken to find out the prevalence of dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: The present study was a cross sectional study consisting of 92 (46 male and 46 female) known type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Age, gender, duration of diabetes, body mass index (BMI) was recorded in all the diabetic patients. Fasting blood glucose levels, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL, VLDL levels were measured using standard methods and recorded. Results: The average total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL and VLDL were 200±41mg/dl, 169.62±88.79mg/dl, 132.45±36.36mg/dl,39.1±16.4mg/dl and 35.85±17.09mg/dl respectively. The incidence of occurrence of hypercholesterolemia was 58.6% and hypertriglyceridemia 36.9%. Increased levels of LDL were observed in 60 (65.2%) patients and reduced HDL was observed in 86 (93.4%) patients. The incidence rate of dyslipidaemia was higher in female diabetic patients when compared to male diabetic patients. Conclusions: Awareness of dyslipidaemia and its risk should be considered in all the type 2 diabetic patients as these are more prone to develope cardiovascular disease The lipid profile should be monitored regularly along with blood glucose levels in such patients.