Sahar A Sharaf
Egypt
Research Article
Dyslipidemia: A Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Type 1 Diabetes and Its Correlations
Author(s): Mona M Hassan, Sahar A Sharaf, Hend M Soliman and Nanees A Al-WakeelMona M Hassan, Sahar A Sharaf, Hend M Soliman and Nanees A Al-Wakeel
Background: The prevalence of T1DM is increasing markedly. It is suggested that it will be an epidemic of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) by 2025. T1DM is a major risk factor for CVD. The mortality and morbidity of CVD are markedly increased in diabetic individuals compared with the non-diabetic population Dyslipidemia is a preventable cause of CVD. Objective: To evaluate the pattern of dyslipidemia in Egyptian children and adolescents with type 1 DM (T1DM), to study the correlations between different lipid parameters and different variables in the study, in addition to estimate the predictable cardiovascular risk in the study group through calculation of different lipoprotein risk ratios as predictive values of cardiovascular risk. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, fasting lipid profile was done for sixty patients with T1DM (34 males and 26 females, with a mean age of 12.5 ± 2.4 .. View More»
