title: The prevalence of macrovascular disease and lipid abnormalities amongst diabetic patients in Sri Lanka.
abstract: The prevalence of macrovascular disease and hyperlipidaemia was examined in 500 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus attending a diabetic clinic in a Sri Lankan teaching hospital and 250 controls matched for age and gender. Macrovascular disease was assessed using a modified World Health Organisation questionnaire and modified Minnesota coding of electrocardiogram recordings. Twenty-one per cent of diabetic patients and 14.3% of controls had hypercholesterolaemia (P < 0.05). Macrovascular disease was present in 13.4% of diabetic patients and 8.2% of controls. Significant differences were seen in the prevalence of hypertension (15.6% vs 4.8%, P < 0.05), obesity (16.2% vs 9.7%, P < 0.05), peripheral vascular disease (5.6% vs 2%, P < 0.05) and electrocardiographic abnormalities (12% vs 6%, P < 0.05) in diabetic patients when compared to controls. Hyperlipidaemia and macrovascular disease is common in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients in Sri Lanka and accounts for significant morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital, Talapathpitiya, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Fernando
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siribaddana
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Silva
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology