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A study of lipid profile in Meiteis and Tribals of Manipur

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Author Details : Balary Nongtdu, Laikangham Shaini*, Wahengbam Diana Devi, Markordor Lyngdoh

Volume : 6, Issue : 3, Year : 2019

Article Page : 279-282

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijcbr.2019.062

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Abstract

Introduction and Objective: Dyslipidemia is one of the most important risk factor for development
of cardiovascular diseases. Apart from lifestyle, genetics and demography also influences dyslipidemia.
Management of dyslipidemia is based on risk factors stratification. There are studies showing that ethnicity
plays a role in dyslipidemia. In this study we aim to compare the lipid profile between two major ethnic
groups of Manipur, the Meiteis and the Tribals.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 4,575 subjects who had
their lipid profile tested in the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, RIMS, Imphal from September 2013 to
August 2018. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 21.
Results: The study population consists of 83.9% Meiteis and 16.1% Tribals with equal sex distribution
in both groups. The mean SD of lipid parameters (in mg/dl) in the study population were 156.61
105.93 (TG), 181.11 54.71 (TC), 114.85 45.50 (LDL-C) and 44.86 16.28 (HDL- C). 52.9 % of the
total study population had low HDL-C levels. HDL- C was significantly lower in the Tribals compared to
Meiteis.
Conclusion: This study showed that HDL- C was lower in the Tribal population.

Keywords: Dyslipidemia, Ethnicity, Triglycerides (TG), Total Cholesterol (TC), Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, (LDLC)
High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, (HDLC)

How to cite : Nongtdu B, Shaini L, Devi W D, Lyngdoh M, A study of lipid profile in Meiteis and Tribals of Manipur. Int J Clin Biochem Res 2019;6(3):279-282

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