PMID: 16501671Feb 28, 2006Paper

Comparison of lipid profiles and lipoprotein a levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus during oral hypoglycemic or insulin therapy

Saudi Medical Journal
Syed S HabibMuhammad S Razi

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare lipid and lipoprotein (a) profiles in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) on insulin and oral hypoglycemic therapy. The study took place in the Department of Physiology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, during 2002. Ninety-seven type 2 DM patients participated in the study. We divided the patients according to the type of treatment into sulphonylurea (n=40), sulphonylurea plus metformin (n=33) and insulin (n=24) therapy groups as well as 40 healthy subjects served as controls. Fasting blood samples were analyzed for lipoprotein (a) [Lp (a)], total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and insulin. Different groups of diabetic patients showed elevated fasting blood glucose (FPG) levels (p<0.0001 for all), HbA1c (p<0.0001 for all) compared with controls. Meanwhile, fasting insulin levels were elevated only in insulin treated group compared with oral hypoglycemic treated groups and controls (p<0.0001 for all). Patients on sulphonylurea and on sulphonylurea plus metformin groups showed significantly elevated TC (p<0.001, p<0.0001), TG (p<0.001, p<0...Continue Reading

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