Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder affecting the people all over the world. Type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia are considered as independent risk factors for coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Aim of present study is to compare lipid profile in Type 2 diabetics and healthy controls. Materials and Methods: The lipid profiles and the fasting blood sugar values of 50 known diabetics and 50 healthy subjects were studied. Their serum samples were assessed for fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) by using RANDOX fully automated chemistry analyzer. Results: The mean age of the subjects were 22.85 and 25.11 years for the diabetic and the control groups respectively. There were 28 male and 22 female in the control group and 29 male and 21 female in the diabetic group. The levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol and VLDL cholesterol are significantly higher in the diabetic group than in the study group. Conclusion: The frequencies of the high TC, high TG and high LDL-C were significantly higher in the diabetic group as compared to control group, thus indicating that diabetic patients were more prone for dyslipidemia as well as for complications related to dyslipidemias.

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