Both hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia are major risk factors for the development of coronary artery diseases and atherosclerosis, and therefore therapeutic drugs must be developed for treatment of them. Pumpkin polysaccharides (PPs) are biomacromolecules with varying bioactivities. In this study, PPs were extracted with commercial thermostable α-amylase, and their hypolipidaemic and hypoglyca...

The benefits of blood pressure lowering on the risk of cardiovascular disease are seen with all commonly used classes of antihypertensive drugs. Although different drug classes may have different effects on cause specific outcomes (such as myocardial infarction or stroke), no differences are observed between their overall effects on combined major cardiovascular end points. The choice of first ...

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death following ischaemic stroke. We aimed to study the prevalence and associations of concomitant CAD among ischaemic stroke patients in Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively studied 2686 consecutive Asian ischaemic stroke patients. RESULTS CAD was prevalent among 24% of the study patients. Older age, hypertensi...

A cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the serum lipid profile of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients receiving treatment at Gaborone City Council clinics. A total of 401 patients were studied over a 3-month period. It was found that 33.5% had hypercholesterolaemia and 38.9% hypertriglyceridaemia. The mean low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels were higher in females than in males, but t...

Excessive accumulation of one or more of the major lipids in plasma can produce a marked increase in the risk of coronary heart diseases and other vascular complications. During and after pregnancy, changes in the levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol have been described, but the amount of change varies from stud...