Abstract:
This is a cross- sectional study compared the serum levels of total cholesterol,
triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol of 50 Sudanese patients suffering from
type 2 diabetes mellitus associated with hypertension as a test group and 30 apparently
healthy volunteers as control group (A) and 30 diabetic normotensive patients as control
group (B) . Participants in this study were from Khartoum state. Age and gender were
matched for the test group with the two control groups. The serum levels of lipids profile
were determined
The means of serum levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL-
cholesterol were significantly increased in the test group compared to the control group A
(P.Value< 0.05), whereas they showed no significant difference when compared to control
group B (P.Value>0.05).
The means of serum levels of HDL-cholesterol showed insignificant differences, when
the test group was compared to control group A and control group B (P.Value>0.05).
In the test group serum total cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol
showed insignificant very weak positive correlation, while HDL cholesterol showed a
significant weak positive correlation with the duration of hypertension associated with
diabetes mellitus.
From the results of the present study it is concluded that; there is no significant
difference in serum lipid profile between diabetic-hypertensive and diabetic –non-
hypertensive patients.
