Study of lipid profile of diabetic and nondiabetic young stroke patients

 

S P Toshniwal¹, S Yadav², A Dhakne^3*, A Khan⁴

 

Abstract              Background: The diagnosis of diabetes in a stroke patient would change the initial management of that patient, specifically with respect to other risk factors like lipid and blood pressure management. Aim: To study lipid profile in diabetic and non-diabetic newly diagnosed young stroke patients. Material and Methods: A total of 138 patients were admitted during study period were selected by simple random sampling with acute stroke in the study. Fasting total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were measured from venous blood samples. Results: The mean HbA1c for group D and group ND were 9.04±1.02 and 4.85±0.45 respectively. This difference in HbA1c among patients in two groups was statistically significant. The mean values of LDL, VLDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides showed significant association between two groups. Levels of HDL were significantly lower in Group D as compared to Group ND. Conclusion: The lipid profile of LDL, VLDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides showed significant higher range in diabetic patients as compared to non- diabetics while HDL was lower in diabetic patients as compared to non- diabetics.

Key Words: Young adults, diabetic, non-diabetic, lipid profile