Correlation of HBA1c and Serum Cholesterol in Diabetic Patients

Aim: To determine the correlation of HBA1c and serum cholesterol in diabetic patients. Methodology: This case control study was completed at the Biochemistry and Medicine Departments of Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro from October 2015 to March 2016.Total number of study subject was 100 and they were divided into two groups. Group A (case group, n=50) comprises diagnosed T2DM subjects while group B (control group, n=50) consists of healthy normal subjects (HNS), healthy normal subjects with mean age 50 +/- 6.34 years. These subjects were assessed to find association of glycosylated hemoglobin with serum Cholesterol levels in Type-2 Diabetes mellitus patients. Those patients diagnosed asT2DM with age 30-60years were included while those patients diagnosed as diabetic erectile dysfunction, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic renal failure, familial dyslipidemia, and hypercholesterolemia was excluded in this study. Blood specimens were collected from both groups aseptically then blood glucose, HbA1c, Blood cholesterol, were estimated. Written consent was taken by all subjects including in this study. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 21.0. P value <= 0.05 were considered significant. Results: The mean fasting blood sugar (FBS) of study participants of both groups was 162.74 +/- 25.42 mg/dL and 82.60 +/- 10.03 mg/dL respectively. The mean random blood sugar of both groups was 299.72 +/- 57.88 mg/dL and142.72 +/- 31.63 mg/dL respectively and mean glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) of both groups was 8.40 +/- 1.27 and 5.75 +/- 0.24mg/dL respectively. The mean serum cholesterol values of DP and HNS were 7.05 +/- 1.02 and 5.74 +/- 1.45 mg/dl respectively. Conclusion: It was observed a positive correlation between HBA1c and serum cholesterol in type2 DM patients.