Determination of the authority of age and sex in some biochemical parameters of patients with diabetes in Thi-Qar Governorate-Iraq

The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of age and sex in diabetic patients on serum blood biochemical parameters. In this study, a total number of 165 diabetic patients from patients visiting Al-Hussein teaching hospital in Al-Nassiriya city were involved and according to age and sex were classified into 87 male vs. 78 female; precent (52,72%) male and precent (47,27%) female respectively. From each patient, serum blood samples were collected for estimate various blood parameters. The results of the current study demonstrated that cholesterol, triglycerides, and VLDL were significantly higher in males (P 0.05) as compared to female patients. Regarding the total serum cholesterol there was no significant (P 0.05) difference, while serum triglyceride was significantly higher in age group of (30-39) year and (40-49) year (P 0.001) compared to group (20-29) year, but the difference was statistically not significant (P 0.05). It was concluded that the age and sex in both diabetic men and women affect directly on biochemical blood parameters.