HDL cholesterol scavenges the blood and removes dangerous cholesterol deposits from the arteries. An HDL level above 60 mg/dL is considered protective against heart disease whereas HDL below 40 mg/dL is a risk, even if your LDL is fairly low. Last time I had my HDL tested it was above 80...
A case can be made for dairy fats. There is a clear association between eating dairy fats and having high HDL. Blood levels of trans-palmitoleic acid, an omega-7 trans-fat obtainable only by eating milk products from ruminants, is strongly associated in prospective cohort studies with higher ...
(3) Imaging and laboratory examinations: Last rou- tine blood test/ blood biochemical test(white blood count, red blood count, neutrophile granulocyte to lymphocyte ratio, hemoglobin count, platelet count, albumin to globulin ratio, LDL to HDL ratio, aspartate aminotransferase enzyme to alanine ami...
At baseline and every year, patients passed both medical and dietary interviews and underwent a blood analysis and an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The Clinical Trials Ethics Committee of the Reina Sofia University Hospital approved the CORDIOPREV trial protocol and all its amendments, which ...
In addition, higher serum HDL was found to be associated with lower lev- els of blood-brain-barrier injury and decreased cell extravasation into the CSF30. Reports on HDL levels in MS patients are however inconsistent. Whereas some studies report an increase36,37, others suggest a decrease38,...
We conducted interviews and measured blood variables in 409 government employees aged 40–59 y in Taiwan. Results: Women ( n = 203) had significantly higher concentrations of HDL cholesterol, Lp A-I, and Lp A-I:A-II than did men ( n = 206). Postmenopausal women ( n = 72) had highe...
HuapoA-II was measured in plasma from all animals used in this study by immunonephelometry using an antibody specific for huapoA-II and not recognizing mapoA-II (Dade Behring Testkit OQBA09). Blood was drawn from the retroorbital venous plexus between 9 and 11 AM without EDTA, because ...
LDL cholesterol can be taken up by tissue mediated by the LDL receptor, or at high levels be deposited in scavenger cells in the intima-media of blood vessels which contributes to cardiovascular disease risk [5]. In contrast, HDL recollects cholesterol from extrahepatic tissues and transports it...
Blood samples were placed on ice immediately after collections and stored at −80 °C until analysis. Patients and controls were in a stable clinical condition and free from infectious complications for at least 3 months. None of the ERSD patients had residual renal function. Blood samples ...
Blood chemistries were determined by standard methods at Boston Heart Diagnostics (Framingham, MA) in plasma or serum samples, as required by the specific protocols. Total cholesterol (TC), TG, LDL-C, HDL-C, apoA-I, apoB, and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) were measured on a...