Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

An assessment of abnormal lipid profiles (dyslipidemia) among cirrhotic patients and its association with age and gender

Xuan Minh Ngo^♦, Tro Van Chau

Faculty of Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

^♦Corresponding author
Faculty of Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam; Email: xuanlien62@pnt.edu.vn

ABSTRACT

Objective: The purpose of this research was to study patients with liver cirrhosis who presented an abnormal lipid profile at Tay Nguyen General Hospital, Daklak province, Vietnam. Material and Methods: Our cross-sectional research was conducted at Tay Nguyen General Hospital (Medicine Department), Daklak province, Vietnam. The research was conducted over eight months from February to September of 2017. In the course of our research, we studied the lipid profiles of 110 patients with liver cirrhosis. Results: The patients in the study ranged in age from 15 to 65 years, with a mean age of 39.77±12.84 years. Of the total, 60 (54.55%) were 15-40 years old, and 50 (45.45%) were 41-65 years old. Both the age group of 15-40 years and 41-65 years included 88 and 43 patients with dyslipidemia. Of the total, 80% of the patients aged 15-40 had dyslipidemia and 86% of the patients aged 41-65 had dyslipidemia. There was a significant statistical correlation between dyslipidemia and age (P=0.2310) and between dyslipidemia and gender (P=0.6255). Conclusion: Our research concluded that there was a higher occurrence of dyslipidemia in patients with liver cirrhosis. Whereas, an insignificant correlation of dyslipidemia was present between gender and age of the patients.

Keywords: Liver Cirrhosis, Child-Pugh Classification, Dyslipidemia, Hepatitis B (HBV), Lipid Profile, and Hepatitis C (HCV)

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 1853-1856

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