Type 2 diabetes mellitus and lipid abnormalities

Objective: to determine the lipid abnormalities in type 2 diabetics. patients and methods: this descriptive analytical study conducted on one thousand adult patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus in medical clinic at lumhs hospital. the study was conducted from april 2008 to april 2010. data was collected on special proforma. results: patients of diabetes mellitus type 2 had mean age of 40±10.56 yrs,range 21-80 years with median age 38 years. among these patients median duration of diabetes was 20 years and average duration ranged from 6 months to 36 years. further analysis of results showed that raised cholesterol was detected in 38% (n=380) patients with c.i. 28.2-42.2. triglyceride was increased in 60% (n=600) patients with c.i. 51.0-64.7. the hdl was decreased in 20% (n=200) patients with c.i. 14.1-24.7,while ldl was raised in 29% (n=290) patients with c.i. 25.7-37.0 (table i). conclusion: outcome of this study showed that majority of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients had their lipid levels deranged.