Association of Oral Lichen Planus with Dyslipidemia in Patients Of Rahim Yar Khan
Nazia Hanif, Tahir Hassan, Muhammad Khurram Shahzad, Raheel Tahir, Madiha Anwar, Zara Zaka
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Oral lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory condition and this
inflammation leads to alteration in lipid metabolism and increase the
cardiovascular risk factors.
Objective: To determine the prevalance of dyslipidemias in patient with oral
lichen planus coming in dermatology outdoor of
Sheikh Zayed Hoapital Rahim Yar Khan.
Methods: It
was a case control study that was conducted at Department of Dermatology,
Sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan during October 2016 to April 2017. In this
study there were total 50 cases of oral LP and 50 controls of both genders with
age range of 15 to 60 years. The cases of both the groups underwent fasting
lipid profile in terms to look for serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL
cholesterol and HDL cholesterol.
Results: In this study there were total 100 cases out of which 50 were cases of
oral LP and 50 were controls. In cases groups there were 27 (54%) males and 23
(46%) females while in control group there were same number of males and
females were taken with p= 0.85. The mean age in case group was 37.22±8.15
years while in control group was 35.66± 7.78 years while the mean BMI was
24.42±2.21 and 25.11±3.01 respectively. The mean difference in cases and
controls in terms of serum total cholesterol, TG, HDL Cholesterol and LDL
cholesterol was found statistically significant.
Conclusion: Dyslipidemias are common in cases with oral lichen planus and all its
parameters have significant association with it especially TG.
Keywords; LP, Dyslipidemia, LDL, HDL, TG