A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF LONG TERM EFFECT OF STATINS ON DYSLIPIDAEMIA, INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Abstract

K. Sudheer 1

ABSTRACT: Dyslipidaemia is one of the major risk factor for cardio vascular disease in diabetes mellitus. Lipid abnormalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus are characterised by high triglyceride concentration low HDL concentration and normal total and low density lipo–protein cholesterol (LDL–c) concentration. Present study is a prospective study to evaluate the effect of statin on Dyslipidemia and the markers of atherosclerosis in type–2 diabetes mellitus. Metformin and Rosuvastatin have good effect on lipid profile and hs-CRP. But the response on the decrease in thickness of common carotid intima-media, result was statistically significant but not as per the expectation.

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