Blood Lipids

Managing Abnormal Blood Lipids

Current data and guidelines recommend treating abnormal blood lipids (ABL) to goal. This is a complex process and requires involvement from various healthcare professionals with a wide range of expertise. The model of a multidisciplinary case management approach for patients with ABL is well documented and described. This collaborative approach encompasses primary and secondary prevention acros...

Positive Correlation of Resistin with Blood Lipids in Gestational Diabetes

Background &Objective: Resistin is an important adipokin, secreted from adipocytes and causes insulin resistance. Gestational diabetes (GDM) is characterized by insulin resistance in insulin target tissues. The goal of this research was to investigate whether there is a relationship among resistin and various clinical and metabolic parameters in GDM.Materials & Methods: 76 pregnant women who go...

Blood lipids and human atherosclerosis.

Blood Lipids and Human Atherosclerosis

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Diet and the Blood Lipids

There is in general a fair agreement between workers as regards the lipid levels of the blood, but there are occasional groups of “normal” values for the lipids, both of whole blood and plasma, which are out of line, and even in a single series occasional widely discrepant values may be found. Inadequacy of methods, while undoubtedly responsible for some of the differences, does not account for...