A Study of Correlation between Apolipoprotein B and Dyslipidemia in Type 2 Diabetes Patients and its Relation with Proteinuria- A Tertiary Care Hospital Based Study.

Objective: Individual with diabetes may have several from of Dyslipidemia. Dyslipidemia has been considered to be factor that plays a risk in progression of micro vascular disease, especially in diabetes.1 The present study is intended to Study of correlation between Apolipoprotein B and Dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes patients and prevalence of dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetic patients.

Methods: Prospective cross- sectional study conducted on 100 cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Groups are divided according to A/C ratio and association of dyslipidemia was seen. Serum Apolipoprotein B was measured using immunoturbidimetric method.

Results: Pearson's correlation analysis of Apo B with lipid parameters in diabetic patients showed that, LDL, TC and Tg were positively correlated with Apo- B. There was a positive and linear correlation between LDL and Tg. Apo- B was negatively correlated with HDL-C.

Conclusions: The majority of patients studied had low HDL-C, elevated non HDL- C, elevated total cholesterol, elevated triglycerides, elevated LDL -C and elevated apo B. Apolipoprotein B had a positive linear correlation with total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-C, non-HDL-C. The strongest positive correlation was with nonHDL-C. Patients with low HDL-C had high apo B levels.