ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. This study aimed to estimate the levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides as control markers of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Sudanese patients. Seventy Sudanese controlled NIDDM patients of age 42-80 years and of diabetes duration 1-27 years, 30 non diabetic subjects age and sex-matched taken as a control group. Fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, and triglycerides [TG] were measured and the results obtained were statistically analysed. There were no statistically significant differences between diabetic group and control group observed in TG levels. The total cholesterol in the diabetic group showed significant increase than the control group [P=0.04], also this study showed, 64.3% of the diabetic group had FBG>140mg/dl, 24.3% had cholesterol level >240 mg/dl and 9% had Triglycerides level >200mg/dl. This study suggests the need for improving glycemic control in Sudanese diabetic patients, that might lead to improvement in lipid values and decrease the diabetes-associated complications