PROGNOSTIC VALUES OF LIPID PANEL DATA FOR MACROVASCULAR COMPLICATION DEVELOPMENT IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH COMORBID THYROID DYSFUNCTION.

This study aimed to evaluate prognostic values of the serum lipid panel data for development of macrovascular complications (MVC) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) alone and those with comorbid hypothyroidism (HT), diffuse non-toxic goiter (DNTG), or a combination of these disorders. The study included 596 inpatients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to identify prognostically significant values of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), non-HDL-cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and remnant cholesterol (RC). The following cut-off points that determine the relative risk of MVC development were established: TC >5.11 mmol/L, TG ≥2.03 mmol/L, LDL-C ≥2.97 mmol/L and non-HDL-C ≥4.29 mmol/L in T2DM patients with comorbid HT; TC ≥4.97 mmol/L, TG ≥2.54 mmol/L, LDL-C ≥3.21 mmol/L and non-HDL-C ≥4.20 mmol/L in T2DM patients with comorbid DNTG; and TC ≥4.89 mmol/L, TG ≥1.56 mmol/L, LDL-C ≥2.93 mmol/L, non-HDL-C ≥4.04 mmol/L and RC ≥1.14 mmol/L in those with comorbid HT and DNTG. Thus, serum levels of TC, TG, LDL-C, non-HDL-C and RC can be used for stratification of T2DM patients with comorbid thyroid dysfunction into the category of increased risk of MVC development.