High-density lipoprotein: quantity or quality?

High density Lipoprotein; What to Measure: Quality or Quantity?

high density lipoprotein; what to measure: quality or quantity?

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High density Lipoprotein; What to Measure: Quality or Quantity?

Dear Editor, Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) affects both men and women and accounts for approximately >4.5 million deaths annually in the developing countries. 1 Atherogenic lipoproteins namely, low density lipoprotein (LDL) and lipoprotein remanants promote atherosclerosis, and high density lipoprotein (HDL) prevents it. However, in some instances increased plasma HDL concentrat...

Dysfunctional high-density lipoprotein: not only quantity but first of all quality?

Corresponding author: Dimitri P. Mikhailidis MD, FRCP, FRCPath Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics) Royal Free Hospital Campus University College London Medical School University College London (UCL) Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK Phone: 02078302258 Fax: 02078302235 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of...

Increased Antioxidant Quality Versus Lower Quantity of High Density Lipoprotein in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

BACKGROUND Oxidative stress may be involved in the pathogenesis of every human disease. To understand its possible role in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), we measured the overall oxidative status of patients with BPH and the serum activity of the high density lipoprotein (HDL)-related antioxidant enzymes paraoxonase 1 (PON1) and arylesterase (ARE). METHODS Fifty-six urology outpatient cli...