Recent studies have shown high levels of lipoprotein (a),--Lp(a)-, an atherogenic and thrombogenic lipoprotein, are considered a risk factor for coronary heart disease. This study evaluated Lp(a) levels, as well as other lipid factors, in a group of 45 patients affected by stage II perip...
Plas ma Lp(a) concentration in all patients were performed by means of immunoturbidim etry. Results: Mean plasma Lp(a) levels were high among the 39 patie nts with AAA and 50 patients with PAD than among controls (p0.01). The valu es of Lp(a) were 404.52±309.10, 326.80±153.44, ...
Serum Lp(a) levels were categorized by quartiles of ≤ 8, 9-18, 19-29, or ≥ 30 mg/mL. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or median (interquartile) for continuous variables and comparisons of means and medians were tested for statistical significance with the one-...
(i). The reduction in cardioprotective HC means a reduction of cholesterol efflux from the tissues--the first step in reverse cholesterol transport to the liver from peripheral tissues. (ii). The antioxidant and antiatherogenic activities of HC are reduced when circulating levels ar...
A plasma concentration of 60 mg/dl compared to usual levels is associated with an odds ratio for coronary heart disease of about 1.5 after adjustment for other cardiovascular risk factors. Niacin (nicotinic acid) is the pharmacologic means of choice for decreasing elevated Lp(a) levels but the ...
Means, medians, and selected percentiles are presented for very low, low, and high density lipoproteins (VLDL, LDL, and HDL, respectively) in 606 randomly selected white subjects aged 20–59. Results are specific for age decade, sex, and female sex hormone usage. Women who use sex hormones...
inversely related to that of HDL. Its predominant activity on HDL is as a phospholipase, whereas in other lipoproteins it acts as a triglyceride lipase. In addition, HL may influence lipoprotein metabolism by means of its capacity to form a ‘bridge’ between lipoproteins and lipoprotein ...
Body cells extract cholesterol from the blood by means of tiny coated pits (receptors) on their surfaces; these receptors bind with the LDL particles (and their attached cholesterol) and draw them from the blood into the cell. There are limits to how much cholesterol a body cell can take in...
by other means will be effective to reducecoronary atherosclerosis. Nevertheless, HDL cholesterol is currently not considered a primary target of therapy in the NCEP ATP III guidelines; however, HDL cholesterol is part of a patient's overall profile of established risk factors in det...
At the same time the total cholesterol(TC)and triglyceride(TG)were determined by means of enzymatic method. The results showed that the levels of Lp(a),TG and ApoB were higher in the patients with CRF than those in the normal controls( P 0 01). No obvious improvement was found even ...