Mustapha Diaf, Algeria
Djillali LIABES University BiologyPresenter of 1 Presentation
THE RELATIONSHIP OF BODY MASS INDEX, BLOOD PRESSURE AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS INDICES IN TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS FROM NORTHWESTERN ALGERIA
Abstract
Background and Aims
The present work was undergone to study the relationship between body mass index, blood pressure and atherosclerosis risk factors on the basis of three lipid ratios by comparing type 1 to type 2 diabetic patients
Methods
Anthropometric parameters, systolic and diastolic blood pressures and lipid profile were evaluated in adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes over a period of eleven months. Individual atherogenic risk factors based on lipid ratios were estimated in relation to corpulence and hypertension.
Results
237 adult diabetic patients; ninety type 1 diabetic patients and one hundred forty seven type 2 diabetics were involved in the study. Total cholesterol (TC)/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides (TG)/HDL ratios were significantly higher in normal weight type 2 diabetic comparing to type 1 diabetic patients. The TC/HDL was significantly higher (p=0.046) in obese men. Nevertheless, no significant differences were revealed regarding low-density lipoprotein (LDL)/HDL ratio between type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients. Higher TC/HDL ratios were observed in type 2 diabetic patients (males and females) with normal blood pressure (systolic blood pressure “SBP”£13.5 mmHG and diastolic blood pressure “DBP”£8 mmHg) comparing to type 1 diabetic patients. Likewise, the LDL/HDL ratio was significantly higher in type 2 diabetic men with normal DBP (p=0.044).
Conclusions
Lipid ratios are good indices while managing diabetes, it is also recommended to screen type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients for hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity and to initiate management at early stages to prevent related complications such as atherosclerosis as a priority