Abstract
Background: Type II diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent disease worldwide. T2DM is the secondary cause of dyslipidemia and this can stimulate atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. Among underweight or lean patients, the chances of dyslipidemia are high.
Aim: To find the association of dyslipidemia with underweight body mass index in type 2 diabetic patients
Study design: Case control study.
Setting & duration: Mayo hospital , Lahore. Six months i.e. from January 2017 to June 2017.
Methods: Patients of T2DM were included and divided as case and control. Cases of underweight BMI and controls of normal BMI were included. Lipid profile was obtained and dyslipidemia was noted. Odds ratio was calculated.
Results: The mean age of cases was 61.26 +/- 7.52years while mean age of controls was 60.31 +/- 4.71 years. There were 97 (64.7%) males and 53 (35.3%) females in case group while there were 89 (59.3%) males and 61 (40.7%) females in control group. Among cases, dyslipidemia was present in 67 (44.7%) patients while 83 (55.3%) had normal lipid profile. But among controls, dyslipidemia was present in 36 (24.0%) patients while 114 (76.0%) had normal lipid profile. The risk of dyslipidemia was 2.556 (95% CI; 1.56-4.189) in underweight patients (p<0.001).
Conclusions: There is a significant association of underweight BMI and dyslipidemia