COMPARSION OF LIPID PROFILE IN DIABETIC HYPERTENSIVES VS DIABETIC NORMOTENSIVES
Authors:   Senior Resident, Department of Physiology, SKIMS Medical College, Srinagar, India., S. Mudasir , N. Bhat Anjali ,   Professor, Principle, Govt. Medical College, Kathua, India., S. Sunil ,   Professor & Head, Department of Physiology, Govt. Medical College, Jammu, India.
Published: June 2022

Background: Lipid abnormalities are linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and other morbidity in people with diabetes. Dyslipidemia may signal the onset of Type 2 diabetes in the future. A trio of diminished high density lipoprotein (HDL), increased triglycerides (TG), and increased low density lipoprotein (LDL) is known as diabetic dyslipidemia. As a result, diabetic dyslipidemia serves as a separate risk factor and predictor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Aim: To compare Serum lipid profile levels in type-2 diabetics with hypertension (Group 1) and type-2 diabetics without hypertension (Group 2). Methods: Prospective observational study was undertaken on 200 subjects aged 40-60 years from November 2019 to October 2020 with patients of Type-2 diabetes mellitus (both old and new cases) with hypertension (Group 1) and Type-2 diabetes mellitus without hypertension (Group 2) having any of the complications associated with diabetes and on age and sex matched diabetics without hypertension. Results: Mean value of total cholesterol Â± standard deviation of Group 1 was 188.92 Â± 34.66 mg/dl and that of Group 2 was 190 Â± 46.54, the difference between the two groups being statistically not significant (p=0.853). Mean value of triglycerides Â± standard deviation of Group 1 was 214.81 Â± 78.35 mg/dl and that of Group 2 was 184.04 Â± 62.69 mg/dl, the difference between the two groups being statistically highly significant (p=0.003). Mean value of LDL Â± standard deviation of Group 1 was 104.42 Â± 31.26 mg/dl and that of Group 2 was 109.57 Â± 39.78 mg/dl, the difference between the two groups being statistically not significant (p=0.309). Mean value of HDL Â± standard deviation of Group 1 was 42.98 Â± 6.20 mg/dl and that of Group 2 was 43.80 Â± 6.47 mg/dl, the difference between the two groups being statistically not significant (p=0.361). Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure in Group 1 was 127.64 Â± 13.41 and 86.20 Â± 7.06 mmHg and that of Group 2 was 118 Â± 10.80 and 77.52 Â± 7.87 mmHg, the difference between the two groups being statistically highly significant (p<0.0001). Mean Fasting Blood sugar of Group 1 was 197.80 Â± 74.75 mg/dl and that of Group 2 was 177.91 Â± 62.52mg/dl the difference being highly statistically significant (p= 0.043). Conclusion: The findings of this study concluded that there is a positive relationship between type-2 diabetes mellitus and lipid profile. Mean values of total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides were significantly raised in type-2 diabetics, supporting the hypothesis that dyslipidemia is a significant complication of type-2 diabetes mellitus, which further contributes to the increased risk of multiple organ morbidities in diabetes. A significant difference in mean triglyceride level was found in both groups. There were no significant differences in mean HDL, LDL and cholesterol levels among the two groups as the levels of these parameters were raised to an almost equal extent in both the groups.