Serum Lipid Profile in Sudanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Associated with Hypertension

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.