The nurse would recognize that the trend in the lipid levels of a client with diabetes follows the pattern that accompanies macrovascular disease, which is
a. decreased low-density lipoproteins.
b. decreased very-low-density lipoproteins.
c. increased high-density lipoproteins.
d. increased triglyceride levels.
D
Typically, very-low-density and low-density lipoproteins are increased and high-density lipo-proteins are decreased. The most characteristic lipid abnormality in diabetes is an elevated trig-lyceride level.
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