NCT03804775

Comparative Analysis of Serum Lipid Profiles in Patients With and Without Gallstones

Comparative Analysis of Serum Lipid Profiles in Patients With and Without Gallstones: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Services Hospital, Lahore · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Gallbladder disease is one of the most common diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Various studies have shown an association between gallstones and an alteration in the serum lipids. The objective of this study will be to compare serum lipid profile of gallstone patients with the controls.

Detailed description

This prospective cross-sectional study will be conducted in the Surgical Department of the Services Institute of Medical Sciences. A total of 50 patients will beincluded in the study after screening through the inclusion criteria. A control group of 50 inpatients with no personal or family history of gallstones will be also recruited for comparison. Results will be expressed as mean with standard deviation. Students t- test will be used to compare the data between the patients and the control groups (p\<0.05 will be considered statistically significant). SPSS software, version 20 will be used for statistical analysis.

Conditions

• Gallstone
• Dyslipidemias

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Serum lipid profile	Blood samples drawn from the patients and controls will be analyzed for serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides, serum LDLs and serum HDL levels. All the results will be recorded on a performa

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-30
• Completion: 2018-08-30
• First posted: 2019-01-15
• Last updated: 2019-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan