Shahid Irfan, Haris Younas, Waqar Ahmed.
Frequency of dyslipidemia and mean lipid profile in liver cirrhosis.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(3):786-8.

Aim: To determine the frequency of dyslipidemia in patients of liver cirrhosis and the mean lipid profile in patients of liver cirrhosis. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Department of Medicine, BVH, Bahawalpur from January 2013 to June 2013. In this study, 171 patients with cirrhosis of liver were included. Results and Conclusion: Out of 171 cirrhotic patients, dyslipidemia was found in 143(83.6%) patients. Dyslipidemia was found commonly in liver cirrhotic patients. Dyslipidemia worsens with severity of liver cirrhosis i.e. mild cirrhosis (29.4%) & severe cirrhosis (100%) according to child-Pugh classification.

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