*background:Diabetes is a well-established independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Compared with non-diabetic individuals, diabetic patients have 2 to 4 times increased risk for stroke and death from heart disease.
*aim: - Studying the relationship between cardiometabolic index and severity of diabetes.
*patients&methods: Cross sectional stydy, was carried out in the Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of medicine, Sohag university hospital, on 200 patients known to have type 2 diabetes mellitus the outpatient diabetic clinic, in addition to 100 healthy individuals with the mean age as it was 53 years in all groups.
*results: In our study group 2 (diabetic obese) showed the worst values for both lipid profileand HbA1c, followed by group 1 (diabetic non obese) and group 3 (controls) showed the best figures. Also BMI was much higher among group 2 (diabetic obese) compared to both groups 1 and 3.
*conclusion:Dyslipidemia increases the risk of CVD in type-2 diabetic patients.