Prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in diabetic patients and in population who do not suffer from diabetes in the island of Kos

Purpose: The comparison of prevalence of hypercholesterolemia among diabetic patients and population who don't suffer from diabetes in the island of Kos.

Material-Method:The material was composed by 7774 non diabetic people (3732 men –4042 women) and 750 diabetic patients (338 men –412 women).Both groups came to the Microbiological Lab of Kos General Hospital during 2005–2006. The concentration of cholesterol was counted with enzyme chromometric method at the biochemical analyzer Architect (Abbott). Cholesterol rates >200mg/dl were considered to be pathologic.

Results:

Cholesterol concentrations was of:

„200mg/dl in diabetic patients (62,5%)

“200mg/dl in diabetic patients (37,5%)

„200mg/dl in non-diabetic patients (78,7%)

“200mg/dl in diabetic patients (21,3%)

Conclusions: 1) The frequency of hypercholesterolemia in both population groups is quite high. 2) The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in diabetic patients (37,5%) is by 76% higher than the corresponding prevalence to the rest of the population (21,3%).This remark is related to the metabolic syndrome which appears to overweight people with hyperlipidemia and diabetes. 3) The high frequency of hypercholesterolemia in diabetics, has as a consequence