High remnant cholesterol is prevalent among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in the New Juaben Municipality: A cross-sectional study

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global metabolic disorder with high cardiovascular risk. Information on remnant cholesterol (RC) among type 2 DM patients is insufficient in Ghana despite the cardiovascular risk it poses. This study assessed the prevalence, pattern, and correlation of remnant cholesterol levels with other lipid parameters among patients with type 2 DM in the New Juaben Municipality of Ghana. A cross-sectional study was conducted among type 2 DM patients receiving treatment at St. Joseph Hospital and the Eastern Regional Hospital from January 2022 to May 2022. The sociodemographic details of participants were obtained with a structured questionnaire. Venous blood samples were collected, and analyzed for fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides. These lipid parameters were then used to calculate low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), non-HDL-C, and remnant cholesterol (RC) levels. Data were analyzed accordingly using the IBM SPSS and GraphPad Prism. A total of 398 participants were recruited (median age of 50), of whom 265(66.6