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Table of Content - Volume 3 Issue 2 - August 2017
Study of HbA1c and lipid profile in Type II diabetes mellitus
S A Patel1*, H N Khan2, A M Siddiqui3, W A Shaikh4
1Assistant Professor, 2,3Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Dr. S.C. Government Medical College, Nanded, Maharashtra, INDIA. 4Sr. Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SDDC, Parbhani, Maharashtra, INDIA. Email: shabeenapatel86@gmail.com
Abstract Background: Dyslipidaemia and poorly controlled blood glucose levels as indicated by HbA1c, is commonly seen in Type II diabetes mellitus. Therefore study of HbA1c and lipid profile in these patients could be helpful in therapeutic and prognostic aspects. Aim: To study HbA1c and lipid profile in type II Diabetes mellitus patients. Material and Methods: 50 already diagnosed type II diabetes mellitus patients and 50 controls were selected. We estimated and compared HbA1c and lipid profile in them. Statistical Analysis: We used student t-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient to find the statistical significance. Result: HbA1c and all the parameters of lipid profile except HDL-C were increased while HDL-C concentration decreased in type II diabetes meliitus as compared to that of control. Conclusion: Type II diabetes mellitus is associated with poor glycaemic control and dyslipidaemia. Key Words: HbA1c and lipid profile.
INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrinal disease in the world today.1 The prevalence of disease has significantly increased worldwide and projected to increase in future. Amongst the various ethnic groups, Asian Indians seems to be at a particularly greater risk of developing diabetes.1 DM is frequently associated with dyslipidemia and increased percentages of glycated hemoglobin.2 They have several lipid abnormalities including elevated plasma triglycerides, elevated Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol (LDL-C) and decreased High Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol (HDL-C).2 Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a well-known risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular diseases. Alterations in lipid and lipoprotein profile contribute to artherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes.3 Dyslipidemia is a risk factor for coronary artery disease, a leading cause of mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. The amount of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reflects the glycemic control of a patient during the 6 – 8 week period before the blood sample was obtained. At present HbA1c is the best surrogate marker we have for setting goals of treatment.4 The Diabetes complications and control trial (DCCT) established HbA1c as the gold standard of glycemic control. The level of HbA1c value 7.0% was said to be appropriate for reducing the risk of cardiovascular complications.5 So this study was done to estimate HbA1c and lipid profile in type II diabetes mellitus and compare it with controls.
MATERIAL AND METHODS The present study was conducted in Department of Biochemistry, Government medical college with the help of Medicine Department during period of May 2013 to July 2014.The study was approved by Institutional Ethics Committee for research work. A total of 100 subjects were included in the study. They were divided into two groups as follows:
Already diagnosed: Type II DM patients visiting the medicine O.P.D. were selected .These cases were compared with apparently healthy controls. 5 ml of fasting venous blood sample was collected from the ante-cubital vein. Out of this 1ml was collected in F- bulb for estimation of fasting plasma glucose. 1 ml was collected in EDTA bulb for estimation of HbA1c. Rest 3 ml was collected in plain bulb for estimation of lipid profile. The sample in the plain bulb was kept undisturbed for one and a half hour so that it clots. Then the clotted blood is subjected to centrifugation and the serum thus separated is used for investigations. They were studied for the following parameters
STATISTICS Student t-test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to find the statistical significance. A p value <0.05was to be considered statistically significant. The statistical software Graph pad prism 5 was used for the analysis of the data and Microsoft word and Excel have been used to generate graphs, tables etc. Continuous data is presented as mean ±SD.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Lipid profile and HbA1c was studied in 50 type II diabetes mellitus patients and compared with the apparently healthy controls. Table 1: Pair wise comparison of Parameters in type II diabetes mellitus and controls
Figure 1: Bar diagram showing comparison of parameters between Type II DM and Controls In our study the mean FPG values of Type II DM patients was 182.96 ± 59.49 mg/dl. The mean FPG value of the controls was 80 ± 11.93 mg/dl [table 1]. Our findings coincided with Alejandra 7et al and Masram et al 2 who found that the mean FPG levels were significantly higher in diabetics compared to the controls. The reason for increased blood glucose levels in Type II DM insulin resistance is seen which increases with the duration of disease. Some Type II DM patients may have progressive beta cell failure also.8 The mean levels of HbA1c in Type II DM and controls were 10.3 ± 2.18 and 5.58 ± 0.84 gm % respectively [table 1]. We found that the values were significantly higher in Type II diabetes mellitus as compared to the controls (p value <0.05) [table 1]. Our findings correlated with Masram et al 2, Palmer AJ et al 9, V.A. Fonseca et al 10, R Paul Wadwa et al 11 and Moussa et al 12 who also found significantly higher HbA1c levels in diabetics compared to the controls. Persistent hyperglycemia results in glycation of Hb and that leads to the formation of HbA1c. 13 In uncontrolled or poorly controlled diabetes, there is an increased glycation of a number of proteins including hemoglobin.14 We found that the mean values of TC, TG, LDL-C and VLDL-C were significantly higher (p value <0.05) in Type II DM as compared to controls [table 1]. While HDL-C was significantly lower in diabetics compared to the controls (p value < 0.05) [table 1]. Our findings correlated with Masram et al 2, G et al 15, Al Muhtaseb N et al 16 and D M Joven J et al 17 who showed similar comparative results in controls and Type II DM. Many reasons have been put forth for dyslipidaemia as
Hyperlipidemia is a relatively common problem in patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Diabetics as a group tends to have higher lipid levels than non-diabetics and this abnormality is exaggerated in patients with poor diabetic control.25
CONCLUSION Diabetics have elevated HbA1c representing poor long-term glycemic control. Thus diabetics have a high risk of development of microvascular and macrovascular complications leading to an increased morbidity and mortality. The FPG levels indicate the blood glucose level at a single point of time that is at the time of blood investigation. Therefore there is a need of long term glycemic indicators like HbA1c which give idea about last few weeks of glycemic control. The diabetic patients had a higher prevalence of high serum cholesterol, high triacylglycerol, high LDL-C and high VLDL-C than the controls, indicating that diabetic patients were more prone to macrovascular diseases like cardiovascular diseases. All the diabetics should therefore be regularly screened for glycemic control and lipid profile along with routine measuring of the blood glucose level. This will help in maintaining a required glycemic control, preventing the development of complications and early detection of complications thereby decreasing the mortality and morbidity.
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