Serum triglyceride to HDL ratio in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in teaching hospital of Lahore

Aim: to know serum triglyceride to hdl-cholesterol ratio in type 2 diabetic patients. study design: observational study place and duration of study: department of medicine,gtth lahore from 15-08-2014 till 15-10-2014. methods: analysis included data of 95 patients,who were either admitted or reported to the diabetic clinic of gtth,lahore pakistan. all patients were suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus. hypertriglyceridemia due to other causes like,nephrotic syndrome,hypothyroidism and type 1 diabetes mellitus were excluded from the study. serum hdl-cholesterol was measured in each patient. the triglyceride/hdl-cholesterol ratio was calculated. chi-square test was applied and p-value of <0.05 was accepted as significant. results: a total of 95 patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus and fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study. among the patients studied,mean fasting blood glucose was 173.96±39.2,mean fasting serum triglyceride was 206.15±50.41 and mean hdl-cholesterol was 44.51±7.56. the mean calculated ratio between triglyceride and hdl-cholesterol was 4.85±1.75. conclusion: markedly high levels of tg/hdl-cholesterol ratio was seen in patients with elevated triglyceride and low hdl-cholesterol levels.