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The evaluation of lipid profile in diabetic patients attending Abia State Teaching Hospital Aba, was carried out. Venous blood samples were collected from 150 participants who gave consent. This comprises 100 diabetic patients as test and 50 healthy subjects as control. Cholesterol, Triglyceride, High density lipoprotein and Low-density lipoprotein were determined using semi-auto analyzer (Rato 9200). Data from this study were analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). Result shows that, serum cholesterol (4.96±0.91mmol/l), triglyceride (1.84±0.42mmol/l), low density lipoprotein(2.40±0.66mmol/l) levels were higher in study population compared with control (4.48±0.41mmol/l, 1.63±0.09mmol/l, 1.67±0.22mmol/l, 176.18±25.26x109/l, 11.85±0.63secs, respectively) (p<0.05 in each case). From the findings, management of conditions related to cardiovascular disease, artherosclerotic disease, anemia and stress in diabetics may benefit patients if lipid profile, and some hematological parameters are included as part of their routine laboratory investigations