Raffad¹, Kashif Maqsood² and Javeid Iqbal²

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine frequency of dyslipidemia in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Study Design: Descriptive / cross sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Medical OPD, Lahore General, Hospital, Lahore from 30^th September 2014 to 30^th March 2015.

Materials and Methods: One hundred and fifty patients with rheumatoid arthritis, of both gender, age 18-80 years, disease duration ≥6 months, BMI 19-25 were included in the study. Fasting lipid profile was measured.

Results: Mean age of study sample was 54.51 ± 3.052 years (age range 44 to 60 years of age). There were 60 (40%) male patients and 90 (60%) female patients. 48 (32%) patients had dyslipidemia. Dyslipidemia was associated with duration of disease but not with age, gender or treatment

Conclusion: Frequency of dyslipidemia is quite high (32%) in our patients of rheumatoid arthritis. Key Words: Rheumatoid arthritis, dyslipidemia, cholesterol, lipoproteins, diabetes mellitus.

Citation of article: Raffad, Maqsood K, Iqbal J. Frequency of Dyslipidemia in Patients with Rheumatoid