Abdulla Bin Ghouth
Hadramout University College of Medicine, Yemen
Biography:
Bin Ghouth has experience in primary health care and research methodology and epidemiology. Bakramn has expierence in clinical practice especially in diabetic care, the other co-aithors are medical students participating in proposal development , data and specimens collection and data analysis. All of author and co-authors participating in writing and reviewing the final report and approve it. Hadramout University is an academic institution where the research conducted in its laboratories.
Abstract:
Statement of the problem: Patients with diabetes mellitus are at high risk of cardiovascular events because of abnormal lipid levels status. Dyslipidemia is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However; in Yemen this issue was not yet addressed. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence and patterns of dyslipidemia in patients with T2DM in Mukalla city, Yemen, in 2017.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: A Cross-sectional study was conducted in a randomly selected eligible patients from the diabetic registry of the AL Noor Charity Center (ACC), Mukalla city in eastern Yemen during the period from May-July 2017. A well structured questionnaire and blood investigation for lipid profile and blood sugar were the tools of data collection from 120 randomly selected T2DM patients registered in the ACC.
Findings: The prevalence of dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetic patients was 85%, prevalence of dyslipidemia in males was 86% while in females was 84% but the difference was not significant (P-value 0.4). Regarding age group, BMI and duration of DM, there is no significant association exist with dyslipidemia. About half of the studied T2DM patients have high serum cholesterol level (52.5%), while 22.5% had low serum HDL- C levels and 39.2% had high serum triglyceride level, most of patients had serum LDL-C levels above normal range (67.5%), so the common patterns of dyslipidemia in this study were LDL-C followed by cholesterol.
Conclusion& Significance: High prevalence of dyslipidemia among type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mukalla city were observed and so the common patterns of dyslipidemia is LDL-C followed by cholesterol. This study recommended screening of lipid profile among DM patients as these abnormalities may lead to development of cardiovascular diseases.