A study of electrocardiographic and lipid changes in patients with type II diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Abnormal blood lipid levels resulting from altered lipid metabolism are considered to be major contributing factors in macrovascular complications, coronary artery disease, etc., that are known to be associated with diabetes. [...]protein and fat metabolism are affected considerably. The basic information such as age, gender, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and relevant medical history were collected by questionnaire survey and physical examination. RESULTS A total of 100 Type II diabetic individuals were included in this study where the patients mean age was 51.04 ± 9.38 years, After statistical analysis of the glucose, lipid, and ECG values, the following observations were made [Tables 1-4 and Figure 1]: * Levels of LDL and P wave variations were significant (P < 0.0001) * Levels of cholesterol and TG were significant (P < 0.0001) * Levels of QRS wave variations and TG were significant (P < 0.0001) * Levels of cholesterol and P wave variations were significant (P < 0.0001) * Correlation between sugar and lipid values (r = 0.749) was strongly positive and highly correlated * Association between increased levels of blood glucose and ECG changes (r = 0.691) was positively correlated, with complimentary/proportional increase in both parameters * Correlation between lipid values and ECG changes was found to be r = 0.126.