title: Is HbA1c a risk factor for type 2 diabetic subjects without macro and micro vascular complications?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our study attempted to evaluate the diagnostic value of HbA1c in predicting diabetic dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Study comprised 229 subjects (156 males and 73 females) with diabetic dyslipidemia without any micro and macro vascular disorders. Fasting blood samples were taken to analyse biochemical parameters like HbA1c, sugar and lipid profile.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The HbA1c levels did not differ much between males (6.96 ± 1.11) and females (7.01 ± 1.19). HbA1c demonstrated a positive significant correlation with cholesterol, LDL and a negative significant correlation with HDL. Patients with HbA1c >7.0% had significantly higher value of cholesterol, LDL when compared with <7.0%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of this study clearly suggest that HbA1c endures the ability of predicting CVD risk in the diabetic patients without any micro and macro vascular disorder. Therefore study recommends using HbA1c as a marker for predicting the risk of developing CVD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Geetha
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhaktha
authors.forename: B Shivananda
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Sreemathi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayya
authors.forename: Manjula
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shantaram
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism*; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human