Shahid Iqbal¹, Iftikhar Ahmed¹and Awais Tahir²

ABSTRACT

Objectives:To determine the frequency of dyslipidemia in type 1 diabetic children from 2 to 16 years of age.

Study Design:Descriptive / cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Diabetic Clinic Pediatric Department,Mayo Hospital Lahore for six month.

Materials and Methods:Total 200 diabetic children were included in the study. Children selection was done by using predefined inclusion criteria. Serum samples of patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were taken for serum total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol under aseptic conditions according to laboratory instructions. Samples were sent to chemical pathology department of King Edward Medical University to which Mayo Hospital is affiliated. Data entry and analysis was done by using SPSS.

Results: Average age of all 200 children was 10.66±3.32 years. Minimum age was 5 and maximum age was 16 years respectively. Gender distribution of children shows that there were 74 male and 126 female patients. There were 24 children whose duration of diabetes was <5 years and 176 of the children’s had >5years of duration of diabetes.Only 2% if the children were obese while the remaining 98% of the children were non obese. Dyslipidemia was labeled in the presence of anyone i.e. Total cholesterol > 170 mg/dl or LDL cholesterol > 110 mg/dl. There were 26(13%) children who had dyslipidemia.

Conclusion:In young diabetic children frequency of Dyslipidemia was 13%. Although this frequency of dyslipidemia is quite less when compared with other studies reported in literature. Even then this frequency indicates that it is necessary to screen young diabetic children for dyslipidemia to avoid future complications.

Key Words:Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), Young Children, Dyslipidemia, LDL, Cholesterol, Obesity, Duration of Diabetes.

Citation of article: Iqbal S, Ahmed I, Tahir A.Frequency of Dyslipidemia in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in