World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) - University of Port Harcourt
Abstract
In order to estimate the potential prevalence of "Syndrome X" in newly
diagnosed cases of insulinoplethoric diabetes mellitus, patients were
selected from the emergency (accident) ward, University of Benin
Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. Both risk factors (plasma
lipids) and allied metabolic aberration (plasma glucose and creatinine)
were assessed in 100 subjects comprising of 60 patients (30 males, 30
females) within the ages of 35 to 70 years and 40 sex and age matched
healthy control subjects. Results showed significant increase in
patients mean plasma glucose, tricyglycerol and total cholesterol when
compared with the respective mean control values at the 5% probability
level, using ANOVA. Their lipoprotein-cholesterol profile also, showed
a significant difference (P<0.05). The available evidence suggested
that male patients between the ages of 51 and 70 years have the highest
percentage (77%) of developing "Syndomre X" (artherogenic diseases), a
secondary clinical complication if not properly managed. @ JASE