Association of HDL and triglyceride levels with fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes

Background: diabetes is a metabolic disease. fatty liver disease is a common association of type 2 diabetes. we carried out this study to determine the association of hdl and triglyceride levels in patients with type 2 diabetes methods: study was conducted in opd of gtth. 100 patients were included in this study. all were type 2 diabetic and had fatty liver disease on ultrasound. all patients had their fasting lipid profile done after 14 hours fast results: out of total 100 patients 55 were females and 45 were males. patients were between 25 - 69 years of age. mean age was 45.23 years. 2% patient had normal triglyceride levels,8% had borderline high and 90% had high tg's. only 3% of patients had normal hdl whereas 97% had low hdl. 95% had a high ldl and 100% had high total cholesterol conclusion: fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes is strongly associated with high levels of dangerous lipids and low level of useful hdl.