cardiovascular diseases with an incidence of approximately 50% are the main causes of death in most advanced countries and an increasing trend in the developing world as well. the world health organization estimates that 12 million people per year worldwide die from cardiovascular diseases. cardiovascular diseases are becoming an increasing problem worldwide and hypercholesterolemia has been co...

Background: Atherogenic Index of Plasma (AIP) is a reliable predictor coronary artery disease. There paucity data on AIP and its correlates among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Uganda.
 Objective: To assess the profile cardiovascular risk factor T2D Methods: This was cross-sectional study conducted 8 health facilities established clinics Central-Uganda. The enrolled 500 aged 40 to ...

OBJECTIVE To compare group classification of cardiovascular risk by two compound laboratory indices with classification according to the serum total cholesterol concentration alone. DESIGN Healthy employees were defined as low and high cardiovascular risk subjects according to their total cholesterol concentration or two compound indices of blood lipid components-the total cholesterol: high d...

Hypertension is a global health issue because of its high prevalence and association with increased risk cardiovascular disease. This work evaluated the anti-dyslipidemic potential aqueous extract avocado seed (APE) (50 – 100 mg/kg) in adult male wistar rats. Twenty-five rats were used for this divided into five groups 5 each (n= 5). Group 1 (normal control), group 2 (cyclosporine alone), 3 + m...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Optimal limit of body mass index (BMI) for Asian Indians remains to be defined. In this study, we describe the anthropometric and lipid profiles and determine the appropriate cut-offs of BMI for defining obesity in dyslipidaemic patients. METHODS Correlations were carried out between lipid profile and anthropometric variables in 217 dyslipidaemic Asian Indians and the ...