This is related to the fact that HDL-C levels are influenced by many different variables that also affect CVD risk: 1) Men have on average lower HDL-C levels than women (8). 2) Smokers have 14% lower HDL-C levels than nonsmokers, and this relationship appears to be dose-dependent, ...
The American Heart Association recommends that blood cholesterol levels should be checked every 5 years after the age of 20. If cholesterol levels are high (usually over 200 mg dL), people are often started on medicine to reduce the cholesterol and are usually advised to begin a low-cholesterol...
Although low HDL does not directly correlate with the severity of the disease, low HDL-c is a risk factor for coronary heart disease. Elevated hs-CRP levels in ACS patients are linked to heart failure, severe left ventricular dysfunction, and a higher risk of hospital complications. As a ...
1981). Using stable isotope turnover kinetic measurements, the resident time was estimated to be 4–5 days. The fractional catabolic rates (FCR) were expressed as pools per day, and the secretion rates that were determined by this method for men and women were similar. The FCR were not ...
Gender (% women) 42 61 0.05 Diabetes mellitus (%) 50 67 0.08 Race (% Blacks) 28 23 0.3 Ethnicity (% Hispanics) 51 58 0.3 Age (years) 54±1 56±2 0.5 Dialysis vintage (months) 38±34 32±23 0.4 Charlson comorbidity score 1.9±1.4 2.7±1.5 0.003 SF36 quality of life score 57±...
Very high HDL-C levels were categorized as 80 mg/dL (>2.07 mmol/L) or above. The optimal level of HDL-C of 40 to 60 mg/dL (1.03–1.55 mmol/L) for men and 50 to 60 mg/dL (1.55–2.07 mmol/L) for women was generally beneficial for heart health. ...
Previous evidence suggests that metabolic disorders in postmenopausal women could be related with low serum vitamin D levels. For example, vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), mainly those related with metabolic syndrome. Objective . To ...
Understand the risks associated with lipoprotein abnormalities for patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease, regardless of LDL-C levels, and review current guidelines for lipid-lowering therapy for these patients. Authors: Thomas Dayspring, MD, FACP ...
The association of low plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) concentration with elevated cardiovascular disease risk is firmly established in men and women over a wide age range, across several cardiometabolic disease states, including type 2 diabetes, and in many populations and ethnic ...
Lipidomic approaches have provided initial insights into the HDL lipidome with identification of over 200 individual molecular lipids species in normolipidemic HDL. Plasma HDL particles, however, reveal high levels of structural, compositional, and functional heterogeneity. Establishing direct relationships...