title: Plasma HDL cholesterol, triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in non insulin treated Nigerian diabetics.
abstract: Total cholesterol, triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol concentrations were measured in 49 non-insulin-treated Nigerian diabetics and 40 healthy controls. Low levels of HDL-cholesterol were observed in the diabetic group (n = 49) and in both male (n = 20) and female (n = 29) diabetics, but these low levels were of significance in female diabetics only (p less than 0.025) and in the diabetic group considered as a whole (p less than 0.05). Significant hypertriglyceridaemia was observed in the diabetic group (p less than 0.005) and in both male (p less than 0.025) and female (p less than 0.05) diabetics. Total cholesterol concentrations were higher in each of the diabetic groups but these differences were not significant. These results suggest that black African diabetic females may represent a high risk group for development of other long term complications of diabetes mellitus and should therefore be monitored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Erasmus
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bojuwoye
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Olukoga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adewoye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol