Open AccessEvaluation of non-HDL-c and total cholesterol: HDL-c Ratio as Cumulative Marker of Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Madhukar Aryal,
Amrit Poudel,
Biswas Satyal,
Prabin Gyawali,
Babu Ram Pokheral,
Binay Kumar Raut,
Ramesh Adhikari,
Rajendra Koju
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
kathmandu university medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1812-2078
pISSN - 1812-2027
DOI - 10.3126/kumj.v8i4.6239
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , cholesterol , total cholesterol , endocrinology
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes and have approximately--two to four times higher CVD rate than adult without diabetes. Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is primarily used as the marker of cardiovascular risk in diabetes despite its several limitations. Although several newer markers of CVD are emerging, no marker has been established in Nepal.