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VILLALTA, Darwing et al. Dyslipidemia and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Characteristics and risk factors associated with patients of the Autonomous Institute of the Hospital Universitario de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. Rev. Venez. Endocrinol. Metab. [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.86-97. ISSN 1690-3110.

Objective: To know the clinical and laboratory characteristics and the associated risk factors for the presentation of dyslipidemia of the patients with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1D) from the Endocrinology Unit of the IAHULA. Methods: Observational, retrospective and descriptive study, based on the data from 63 patients with T1D. Age, sex, physical examination, treatment, and laboratory data to establish metabolic control, were collected from the last visit. Results: Fifty-six percent of patients were male and 44% female, mean age was 17.43 ± 8.89 years with a range of 3 to 44 years. Most were in the range of 11-18 years. The normal weight predominated in 69.8%, followed by overweight-obesity in 27.9%, this being significantly more frequent in females (50% vs 11.5%; p=0.008). Seventy-three percent had poor metabolic control, with no differences by sex, age and nutritional status. The 60.3% had dyslipidemia, mainly hypercholesterolemia (high Total-c 42.9% and high LDL-c 27%), followed by elevated triglycerides (17.5%) and less frequently low HDL-c (14.3%). Dyslipidemia was significantly associated with female sex, overweight-obesity and poor metabolic control (p <0.03). Poor metabolic control was the most influential factor in the presentation of dyslipidemia and represents a 6-fold increased risk of developing it. Conclusion: In this group of patients with DM1 a high frequency of dyslipidemia, mainly hypercholesterolemia was observed, in association with poor metabolic control, female sex and overweight-obesity. Different therapeutic strategies are needed to prevent excess weight and improve metabolic control.

Palabras clave : Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus; dyslipidemia; metabolic control.

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