Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is dramatically increased in diabetic patients due to their atherogenic lipid profile. The severity of CHD in diabetic patients has been found to be directly associated with glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). According to the Malaysian Clinical P...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini, Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna, George, Elizabeth, Zahari Sham, Siti Yazmin, Lee, Huey Ming, Muhamad, Mohd Azril, Hussein, Zanariah, Mohd Noor, Nurain, Mohamad, Masni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53752/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53752/1/Relationship%20between%20dyslipidaemia%20and%20glycaemic%20status%20in%20patients%20with%20type%202%20diabetes%20mellitus%20.pdf
_version_ 1848852367210971136
author Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini
Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna
George, Elizabeth
Zahari Sham, Siti Yazmin
Lee, Huey Ming
Muhamad, Mohd Azril
Hussein, Zanariah
Mohd Noor, Nurain
Mohamad, Masni
author_facet Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini
Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna
George, Elizabeth
Zahari Sham, Siti Yazmin
Lee, Huey Ming
Muhamad, Mohd Azril
Hussein, Zanariah
Mohd Noor, Nurain
Mohamad, Masni
author_sort Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini
building UPM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is dramatically increased in diabetic patients due to their atherogenic lipid profile. The severity of CHD in diabetic patients has been found to be directly associated with glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). According to the Malaysian Clinical Practice Guidelines on diabetes mellitus (DM), HbA1c level less than 6.5% reduces the risk of microvascular and macro vascular complications. Hence, this study aimed to determine the relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 DM (T2DM) patients in Hospital Putrajaya, a tertiary endocrine centre in Malaysia. This was a cross sectional, retrospective study of 214 T2DM patients with dyslipidaemia who had visited the endocrine clinic between January 2009 and December 2012. Significant correlations were found between fasting blood glucose (FBG) and HbA1c with total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL), LDL/HDL ratio and TC/HDL ratio; greater correlation being with HbA1c than FBG. In patients with HbA1c ≥6.5%, TC, TG, non-HDL and TC/HDL ratio were significantly higher than in patients with HbA1c < 6.5%. Non-HDL, LDL/HDL ratio, TC/HDL ratio and HbA1c were significantly lower in patients on statin treatment than non-treated patients (p<0.05). This significant association between glycaemic status and dyslipidaemia emphasises the additional possible use of HbA1c as a biomarker for dyslipidaemia as well as a potential indirect predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in T2DM patients.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T10:36:57Z
format Article
id upm-53752
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T10:36:57Z
publishDate 2016
publisher Malaysian Society of Pathologists
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling upm-537522018-01-15T05:06:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53752/ Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna George, Elizabeth Zahari Sham, Siti Yazmin Lee, Huey Ming Muhamad, Mohd Azril Hussein, Zanariah Mohd Noor, Nurain Mohamad, Masni The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is dramatically increased in diabetic patients due to their atherogenic lipid profile. The severity of CHD in diabetic patients has been found to be directly associated with glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). According to the Malaysian Clinical Practice Guidelines on diabetes mellitus (DM), HbA1c level less than 6.5% reduces the risk of microvascular and macro vascular complications. Hence, this study aimed to determine the relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 DM (T2DM) patients in Hospital Putrajaya, a tertiary endocrine centre in Malaysia. This was a cross sectional, retrospective study of 214 T2DM patients with dyslipidaemia who had visited the endocrine clinic between January 2009 and December 2012. Significant correlations were found between fasting blood glucose (FBG) and HbA1c with total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL), LDL/HDL ratio and TC/HDL ratio; greater correlation being with HbA1c than FBG. In patients with HbA1c ≥6.5%, TC, TG, non-HDL and TC/HDL ratio were significantly higher than in patients with HbA1c < 6.5%. Non-HDL, LDL/HDL ratio, TC/HDL ratio and HbA1c were significantly lower in patients on statin treatment than non-treated patients (p<0.05). This significant association between glycaemic status and dyslipidaemia emphasises the additional possible use of HbA1c as a biomarker for dyslipidaemia as well as a potential indirect predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in T2DM patients. Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2016-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53752/1/Relationship%20between%20dyslipidaemia%20and%20glycaemic%20status%20in%20patients%20with%20type%202%20diabetes%20mellitus%20.pdf Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini and Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna and George, Elizabeth and Zahari Sham, Siti Yazmin and Lee, Huey Ming and Muhamad, Mohd Azril and Hussein, Zanariah and Mohd Noor, Nurain and Mohamad, Masni (2016) Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 38 (2). pp. 123-130. ISSN 0126-8635 http://www.mjpath.org.my/2016/v38n2/index.php
spellingShingle Chellappah Thambiah, Subashini
Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna
George, Elizabeth
Zahari Sham, Siti Yazmin
Lee, Huey Ming
Muhamad, Mohd Azril
Hussein, Zanariah
Mohd Noor, Nurain
Mohamad, Masni
Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
title Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
title_full Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
title_fullStr Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
title_short Relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
title_sort relationship between dyslipidaemia and glycaemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53752/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53752/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53752/1/Relationship%20between%20dyslipidaemia%20and%20glycaemic%20status%20in%20patients%20with%20type%202%20diabetes%20mellitus%20.pdf