Oxidative Stress And Dyslipidemia in Type -2 Diabetic Patients Attending Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka.

ABSTRACT

Changes in oxidative stress parameters, lipid profile, atherogenic predictor indices, and anthropometrics of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) subjects attending Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) Awka, were assessed using standard methods. Demographic data of the T2DM patients were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire.The subjects included willingly consented 60 (30 males and 30 females) T2DM patients and 40 (20 males and 20 females) apparently healthy, age-matched control subjects.GSH concentration, and activities of SOD, CAT and GPx decreased significantly (p