COMPARISON OF PLASMA ATEROGENIC INDEX BETWEEN DIABETES MELLITUS TYPES

Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease that affects several systems and organs. Diabetic dyslipemia is considered to be one of the major macrovascular complications of DM. Plasma atherogenic index (PAI) is considered as an independent determining factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this study was to compare the PAI values between Type-1 DM and type-2 DM patient groups