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Abstract

Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels while obesity is accumulation of excess body fat. Diabetes and obesity currently threaten the health, wellbeing and economic welfare of humanity OBJECTIVE: To study serum lipid profiles in Obese type 2 diabetics in comparison with Obese non-diabetic subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted in the Department of Biochemistry in collaboration with Department of Medicine, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & Post Graduate Institute, Indore. In this study a total of 200 subjects included, out of which 100 type 2 diabetic patients with obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m²) taken as cases and 100 obese patients without diabetes mellitus are taken as controls as per the criteria of study design and their serum lipid profile was analyzed & computed. RESULTS: Majority of the study population were males in both cases and controls. No significant differences were observed between different age categories between cases and controls. In cases the mean TC levels, TG levels, LDLc levels, VLDLc levels found to be 225.95±24.51mg%, 175.35±24.45 mg%, 170.77±18.86 mg%, 35.03±4.89 mg% and it was found to be higher than controls. However, the mean HDLc value and the HDLc /LDLc ratio was found to be 37.03±7.84 mg% and 0.44±0.25 which was higher than those reported in the cases. A significant difference (P<0.0001) was found between cases and control population when the serum TC, TG, HDLc values, LDLc values, VLDLc values, HDLc /LDLc ratio were compared between them. CONCLUSION: Dyslipidemia is more in obese diabetics than obese non diabetics and it can be prevented with proper monitoring and therapy to avoid associated comorbidity of diabetes mellitus.