Because of a general consensus that HDL protects against atherosclerosis, what we shall term the HDL hypothesis, strategies have been developed to raise plasma HDL levels or to improve HDL function. However, it is increasingly questioned whether such interventions will indeed reduce the risk of ...
However, the analyzed factors also interact with each other, meaning that there are complex underlying mechanisms related to the development of GDM. For example, women in our cohort with a high LDL/HDL ratio and a high pre-pregnancy fasting glucose level had a much higher risk of developing ...
Obesity is associated with low HDL cholesterol levels and high triglyceride levels. A negative correlation exists between HDL cholesterol andbody mass index (BMI), meaning that HDL cholesterol tends to be lower with increasing BMI.Weight lossusually raises HDL cholesterol. Dietary choicesaffect HDL cho...
The difference between LDL and HDL cholesterol lies in how they affect our bodies. Learn what the difference between LDL and HDL cholesterol is.
Losing 5% of your body weight is a reasonable short-term goal to address overweight and obesity. Over the longer term, losing 15% of your body weight and remaining at this weight is considered a good result. Some studies note that these goals vary with the individual.5 ...
Thus, along with previous data, our study that was based on > 60,000 patients suggests that the clinical management of patients with lipid disorders should include a careful and structured workup of cancer to improve long-term outcomes in these patients. As an example, all of these ...
30. A method for characterizing the near term risk of experiencing a major adverse cardiac event in a subject who is presenting with chest pain, comprising: determining the ratio of PON1 activity to HDL particle number in a biological sample from the subject, comparing the ratio of PON1 activ...
Unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions are set forth to illustrate and define the meaning and scope of the various terms used to describe the invention herein. In this specification the term “lower” is used to mean a group consisting of one to seven carbon atom(s). In preferr...
SECTION 1: Identification of the substance/mixture and of the company/undertaking 1.1. Product identifier Trade name: HDL 73W SDS code: P43440 UFI: 0R0V-F5A4-K145-HC84 1.2. Relevant identified uses of the substance or mixture and uses advised against Recommended use:Cleaner Industrial uses...
The term "protein library" has a meaning similar to "random peptide library," but the different library members differ with respect to the amino acid sequence of, or coding sequence for, the protein of interest, so that the library serves as a collection of related but different versions of...