Authors : Jabbar Desai, V.C. Patil, Pramod Kulkarni, A.T. Pardeshi, S.T. Thorat and D.A. Mane
Abstract: Anaemia is very common disease in our country. It may be defined as, decrease in the total red cell mass. The objective of the study is to compare the lipid profile of patients with iron deficiency anaemia with non-iron deficiency anaemia. This study was prospective observational cross-sectional comparative study. The present study was conducted with the number of 200 patients and over a period of 18 months (October, 2014 to March, 2016). Females were more than males in both the groups. Easy fatigability was most common presenting complaints followed by headache, general body ache and shortness of breath and swelling of feet in both the groups. In both the group pallor and platonychia were most common. To conclude in iron deficiency anaemia lipid profile was deranged.
Jabbar Desai, V.C. Patil, Pramod Kulkarni, A.T. Pardeshi, S.T. Thorat and D.A. Mane, 2016. Study of Lipid Profile in Anaemia. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 11: 288-291.