Assessment of Plasma Levels of total Cholesterol and LDL-Cholesterol in Relation to glycemic Control in Sudanese Patients with type 2- Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

A cross Sectional study conducted during the period from march 2012 – July 2012 in Omdurman Teaching Hospital, compared the plasma level of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol in the glycemic cholesterol type 2- diabetic. Fifty diabetic patient of both sexes attending at Omdurman teaching Hospital; 19 male (aged 45 – 80 years) and 31 female (aged 45 – 80 years) were taken randomly as a test group compared to fifty normal healthy of both sexes male (age between 45 to 80 years) and females (aged 45 – 80 years) as control group. The level of plasma total cholesterol and LDL- Cholesterol show significant increase in the test group (p.value = 0.00) when compared with control group. The study show insignificant difference between the mean of the level of plasma total cholesterol and LDL- cholesterol in both sexes of the test group, from the result of this study is conducted that the Diabetes mellitus increase the plasma level of total cholesterol and LDL- cholesterol that lead to increase risk of cardiovascular diseases compared to healthy group.