Lipid profile and persistent lipid abnormalities in diabetic patients – a retrospective study

AbstractIntroductionThe purposes of this study are the characterization the lipid profile and the suitability of the statins treatment according to the cardiovascular profile. Also, in statin-treated patients, we aim to determine the prevalence of persistent lipid abnormalities.Material and methodsObservational and retrospective study of outpatient diabetic patients of a hospital consultation, between Jun/2014 and Jun/2015.ResultsOf the 199 diabetic patients included, 58.6% were treated with statins and only 13.9% were treated with statin dose adequate for its cardiovascular profile. The patients without overt cardiovascular disease had higher total cholesterol (178.0 vs 157.5mg/dl; p=0.003), HDL-C (51.0 vs 43.0mg/dl; p=0.005), LDL-C (97.0 vs 79.0mg/dl; p=0.004) and non-HDL-C (127.0 vs 112.5mg/dl; p=0.04) and higher prevalence of patients who achieved HDL-C goals (64.3 vs 33.3%; p