EFFECT OF GENDER ON DYSLIPIDAEMIA IN PATIENTS OF TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS
Vinu Vij*, Pallavi Chitnis, Vijay Kumar Gupta.
Abstract
Type II diabetic patients are at an increased risk of coronary artery
disease and cerebrovascular disease because of deranged lipid
metabolism. The objective of the present study was to determine
effects of gender on dyslipidaemia in type II diabetic patients. Pattern
of dyslipidaemia in a total of 100 type II diabetic patients (50 males
and 50 females) was studied and compared by measuring all the four
lipid profile parameters - total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG),
high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and low density
lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C). Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c)
and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) was also measured and the mean
value was found to be higher in females in comparison to the male
patients and the differences were significant(P
Keywords: Type II diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, gender.
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