Frequency of dyslipidemias in diabetic patients at combined military hospital Multan

ABSTRACT

To determine the frequency of dyslipdemias in diabetic patients at Combined Military Hospital Multan. Cross sectional observational. Department of Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Multan from February 2007 to August 2007. Diabetic patients aged between 30-70 years of either gender and having diabetes for >5 years were included in the study. Patients with co-existent hypothyroidism, chronic renal failure, nephritic syndrome, familial hypercholesteremic syndromes, already on lipid lowering drugs, anti-hypertensive drugs, using beta blockers or thiazide diuretics, obese patients with BMI > 30 and those using alcohol were excluded. Blood samples after overnight 10 hours fasting were taken for plasma glucose, serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides. Frequency of dylipideamias was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences [SPSS] version 10. Mean age of 200 diabetic patients included in the study was 51 +/- 9.47 years [range 34-70 years] and male to female ratio of 1.211. Mean fasting plasma glucose levels of the diabetic patients was 8.2 +/- 2.2 mmol/L. Out of 200 patients, dyslipideamia was present in 163 [81.5%] patients. Hypertrglyceridemia was present in 150[75%] patients, raised LDL-cholesterol in 126 [63%] patients, decreased HDL-cholesterol in 119 [59.9%] patients, and raised levels of total cholesterol in 89 [44.5%] of the patients. Diabetic patients have a high frequency of dyslipidemias especially raised triglycerides, therefore lipid profile is to be checked routinely and its management be given equal importance in addition to glycemic control