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AN ASSESSMENT OF ABNORMAL LIPID PROFILE (DYSLIPIDEMIA) AMONG CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH AGE AND GENDER

Dr Sadia Jabeen, Areej Mirza Khalid, Dr Sidra Fatima

Objective: This research studies the liver cirrhosis patients who presented an abnormal lipid profile at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. Material and Methods: Our cross-sectional research was carried out at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore (Medicine Department). The research span over eight months starting from February 2017 to September 2017 at medicine department. We studied a total of 110 liver cirrhosis patients in the course of this research with reference to their lipid profile. Results: The age bracket of (15 – 65) years patients were selected with a mean age of (39.77 ± 12.84) years. Further age groups distribution was such that 60 out of 110 patients were in the age bracket of (15 – 40) years (54.55%) and 50 out of 110 patients were in the age bracket of (41 – 65) years (45.45%). Both the age bracket of (15 – 40) years and (41 – 65) years included 88 and 43 patients of dyslipidemia. The respective proportion of dyslipidemia was 80% and 86% with respect to their respective age bracket total patients. There was a significant statistical correlation between dyslipidemia and age group (PValue = 0.2310). Whereas, the significant statistical correlation between dyslipidemia and gender was also present (P-Value = 0.6255). Conclusion: This research presents higher dyslipidemia occurrence in the liver cirrhosis patients. Whereas, an insignificant correlation of dyslipidemia was present with respect to gender and age of the patients. Keywords: Liver Cirrhosis, Child-Pugh Classification, Dyslipidemia, Hepatitis B (HBV), Lipid Profile and Hepatitis C (HCV).

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