Study of Lipids Disorder in sera of Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Diyala

  • Zuhair Maroof Hussien Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Diyala.
  • Yasmine Sami Nassir Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Diyala.
  • Dawood Salman Al-Azzawi Department of Pediatric, College of Medicine, University of Diyala.
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus type 2, lipid profile, lipid abnormalities, hyperlipidaemia.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus has been known to associate with lipid disorders and cardiovascular complication. This study was carried out to determine the changes in serum lipid profile in type 2 diabetic patients. Lipid profile was measured in sera of thirty males and females type-2 diabetic patients who attend Baqubah Educational Hospital in Diayla province and compared with thirty healthy of matched age and sex, as control group. The result indicate the presence of significant increase in serum TG (p < 0.0001), TC (p < 0.0001), LDL-C (p <0.0001), and VLDL-C (P <0.0001). Serum HDL-C levels were significantly decreased (p < 0.0001) in type 2 diabetic patients. In conclusion several lipid abnormalities were found in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Published
2013-12-31
How to Cite
[1]
Zuhair Maroof Hussien, Yasmine Sami Nassir, and Dawood Salman Al-Azzawi, “Study of Lipids Disorder in sera of Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Diyala ”, JMAUC, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 73-80, Dec. 2013.
Issue
Vol 5 No 2 (2013)
Section
Articles