Interrelationship of Vascular Disease and Blood Lipids in Young Indian Diabetics

Clinical and laboratory data on 100 young diabetic patients in a North Indian urban population were obtained to determine the prevalence of vascular disease and its relation to certain clinical factors. The findings revealed evidence of vascular disease in 32 per cent of young diabetics as retinopathy (15.0 per cent), coronary artery disease (myocardial infarction and angina pectoris, 14 per cent) and nephropathy (10 per cent). Duration of disease, dietary habits, or the mode of treatment and control of diabetes did not appear to be related to the development of vascular disease. Total serum lipid content and triglycerides were elevated in those who manifested clinically objective vascular disease.