ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus is a common endocrine disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, and disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. The prevalence of diabetes has been increasing widely in India and worldwide. Diabetes is a cause of significant mortality and morbidity due to macro and micro vascular complications. Dyslipidemia accompanying type 2 Diabetes plays an important role in pathogenesis of atherosclerotic vascular disease. Post prandial hypertriglyceridemia, irrespective of fasting triglyceride levels, has emerged as a significant risk factor for symptomatic and asymptomatic macro vascular disease It is a case control study, conducted for a period of 1 year from November 2020 to October 2021, on patients visiting the Out-patient department of NRI institute of Medical Sciences, Sangivalasa, Visakhapatnam. The cases and controls were subjected to clinical and biochemical evaluation to detect presence of macro vascular complications. The cases were subjected to a high fat meal, and plasma triglycerides were measured two and four hours after a fat challenge. It was observed that post prandial hypertriglyceridemia correlated better than fasting triglycerides in patients with macro vascular complications. Persistent and significant post prandial hypertriglyceridemia was observed in diabetic patients with macro vascular complications; and can be used as a marker for predicting vascular complications in type 2 Diabetes mellitus.