title: [Diabetes and lipids].
abstract: Dyslipidemia is one of the major cardiovascular risk factors especially for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. As a feature of the metabolic syndrome insulin resistance is also associated with an atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype. In type 1 diabetes inadequate glycemic control results in an increase of plasma triglyceride levels. The treatment of diabetic dyslipidemia is based on an improvement of glycemic control, in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as in lifestyle recommendations, including dietary advice and physical exercise. The achievement of strict target levels, especially LDL-cholesterol values below 100 mg/dL, requires lipid lowering drug therapy. This LDL-cholesterol target level is based on the fact that diabetic patients reveal the same risk for myocardial infarction as non-diabetics after their first cardiovascular event. Thus the diagnosis of diabetes is regarded as an equivalent for manifest cardiovascular disease. The re-evaluation of large lipid intervention trials (4 S, CARE, LIPID, VA-HIT, Heart Protection Study) could clearly demonstrate also for the diabetic subpopulation that statin and fibrate therapy results in a significant reduction of the cardiovascular risk.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Osterreich. monika.lechleitner@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lechleitner
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drexel
mesh_terms: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002423:Cause of Death; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents