Comparative Study of Serum Lipid Profile in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Obese Non Diabetic Patients

Abstract

Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels while obesity is accumulation of excess body fat. Diabetes and obesity currently threaten the health, wellbeing and economic welfare of humanity OBJECTIVE: To study serum lipid profiles in Obese type 2 diabetics in comparison with Obese non-diabetic subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted in the

A Comparative Retrospective Study of Lipid Profile in Obese Type 2 Diabetics and Obese Non Diabetics in Aseer Region, K.S.A.

“…In dyslipidemia in patients with diabetes there are hypertriglyceridemia and low levels of HDL-C (23). Hypertriglyceridemia increases the risk of developing life threatening complications like diabetic ketoacidosis, coronary artery disease and lipaemia retinalis (24).…”