The Pattern of Lipid Profile in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Microalbuminuria

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Abstract:Objectives: This study is designed to show the pattern of lipid profile in type 2 diabetes with microalbuminuria and without any evidence of cardiovascular disease.Setting: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad- Iraq.Design: A pilot, clinical and biochemical screening study.Main outcome measures: 24 hour urinary albumin excretion, Electrocardiography and plasma TG, HDL, LDL, and VLDL.Results: Diabetics with microalbuminuria were presented in this study without any clinical evidence of ischemic heart disease. Echocardiographic study showed significant alterations in left ventricular diameter in diabetics as compared with controls. However, the lipid profiles significantly differ in diabetics from that of controls. Multivariate correlation of lipid variables showed insignificantly differences. However, lipid profile ratios tended to be significantly differ in diabetics from that in controls. Conclusion: Microalbuminuric diabetic patients showed disturbances in lipid metabolism to be involved all related variables without clinical evidence of ischemic heart disease