OBJECTIVES Elevated blood cholesterol levels are a major risk factor for coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Probiotics have been investigated as potential cholesterol-lowering therapies, but no previous studies have assessed the effect of the probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii on cholesterol levels in human volunteers. The objective of this study was to examine ...

the aim of this study was investigating some blood parameters of blue-neck male ostriches (struthio camelus) with 4 months old after feeding a diet containing 3% sunflower oil for two months. in the morning, after about 12 h of fasting, some blood samples were collected from the wing vein of ostriches at the beginning and 60 days of study in department of animal sceince arak university . the pl...

Background Abnormalities in total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), and triglycerides (TG) are associated with microvascular dysfunction. Recent studies suggest that lipoprotein sub-fractions better predict atherogenic burden than a routine lipid panel. We sought to determine, whether lipid sub-fractionation is associated with myocardial perfus...

AMI: Acute Myocardial Infarction; aPTT, Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time; CCSP: Clinical Coronary Stenosis Progression; CK: Creatine Kinase; CRP: C-reactive Protein; CVD: Cerebrovascular Disease; CVP: Cerebral Vasculopathies; HDL: High Density Lipoprotein; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein; Lp(a): Lipoprotein (a); MACE: Major Adverse Cardiac Event; PAI-1: Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1; PT: ...

Turks have strikingly low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (10-15 mg/dL lower than those of Americans or Western Europeans) associated with elevated hepatic lipase mass and activity. Here we report that Turks have low levels of high density lipoprotein subclass 2 (HDL(2)), apoA-I-containing lipoproteins (LpA-I), and pre-beta-1 HDL and increased levels of HDL(3) and LpA-I/A...

UNLABELLED The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of atorvastatin on serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1), apolipoprotein B (apoB) and lipoprotein (a) in patients with primary hyperlipidemia and established coronary heart disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS A group of 96 patients (pts), of both ...

tamarindus indica is used as a traditional treatment for diabetes. to elucidate whether tamarindus indica seed aqueous extract (tse) ameliorates metabolic syndrome in hyperinsulinemic rats, we evaluated serum insulin, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (dheas), triglyceride (tg), total cholesterol (tc), very low density lipoprotein (vldl), low density lipoprotein (ldl), high density lipoprotein (hd...

Objective. To investigate the association between serum lipoprotein ratios and insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Methods. 105 PCOS patients and 109 controls were randomly enrolled in the study. Serum levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol (E2), total testosterone (T), fasting glucose (FBG), fasting insulin (FINS), ser...

Plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C) levels do not predict functionality and composition of high-density lipoprotein(HDL). Traditionally, keeping levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C) down and HDL-C up have been the goal of patients to prevent atherosclerosis that can lead to coronary vascular disease(CVD). People think about the HDL present in their cholesterol tes...