European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder affecting the people all over the world. Diabetes mellitus has been known to be associated with lipid disorders and cardiovascular complications. This study is planned to assess the lipaemic changes in diabetes mellitus patients. Method: A total number of 50 control who were healthy non smokers non alcoholics and at the time of study all of them were keeping good health and 50 diabetics who were on treatment were studied. Results: In our study the lipid profile parameters difference between the control and the study (Diabetic) groups was Statistically highly significant. Conclusion: This study revealed that dyslipidaemia was observed in the diabetic population. The diabetic patients had a higher prevalence of high serum cholesterol, high triacylglycerol and high LDL-C than the controls, indicating that diabetic patients were more prone to cardiovascular diseases.