Relationship of biochemical parameters, BMI and blood pressure with age, gender and ethnicity of Trinidadian type 2-diabetic subjects

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship of biochemical parameters, BMI and blood pressure with age, gender and ethnicity of Trinidadian type 2-diabetic subjects.

Methods: A retrospective case control study comprised of 1794 patient (740 males and 1054 females).

Results: The correlation was found for lipid profile with age and gender in diabetic subjects. There was a positive significant correlation in LDL-C values for all age groups. Serum creatinine concentrations significantly varied amongst ethnicity (p = 0.02). Of the known ethnicities, East Indians had the highest mean creatinine value (1.00 ± 0.47 mg/dl). The univariate general linear model showed that lipid profile had many associations with gender and ethnicity in type 2 diabetic subjects. LDL-C had significant differences between gender (p = 0.04) and diabetes (p = 0.01).

Conclusions: Varied lipid profile with elevated systolic blood pressure and BMI are associated in type 2 diabetic patients with respect to age, gender and ethnicity.

Keywords::

• Creatinine
• age
• gender
• ethnicity
• diabetic subjects

Acknowledgements

We express our sincere thanks to Professor Paul Teelucksingh for his valuable support to access his patient data. All authors wish to thank San Fernando General Hospital and North Central Regional Health Authority for their permission and support to access the data.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are not responsible for the content and writing of the paper.