title: Profile of coronary artery risk factors in Ethiopian diabetic patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the coronary artery risk factors in Ethiopian diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross sectional study done on a representative sample of diabetic patients to evaluate the coronary risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital-based study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 302 diabetic patients randomly selected from the 3000 regularly attending diabetic patients in the Tikur Anbessa Hospital Diabetes Centre of whom 161(53.3%) were males, 141(46.7%) were females, 140(46.4%) were Type 1 and 162(53.6%) were Type 2.
  
  
  METHODS
  Assessment of the coronary risk factors in diabetic patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 20(6.6%) smokers and no ex-smokers. All smokers were males of whom five (25%) were Type 1 and 15(75%) were Type 2. Hypertension and obesity were found in 64(21.2%) and 69(22.8%) patients respectively. Sixty one (20.2%) patients and 43(14.2%) patients had hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our diabetic patients share the risk factors for developing coronary artery disease like any other diabetic patient in the developed countries but at a lower level.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seyoum
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abdulkadir
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berhanu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Feleke
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Worku
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ayana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking