BACKGROUND The role of lipoprotein (a) cholesterol {Lp(a)-C}as an additional and/or independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not clear. We evaluated the associations between Lp(a)-C and other CVD risk factors including plasma lipoprotein concentrations and body fatness in overweight and obese African American children. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis was carried out usin...

background: obesity has emerged as one of the most serious public health concerns in the 21st century. the consequences of this chronic disorder are serious. bariatric surgery has been shown to eliminate comorbid conditions associated with obesity. currently it is considered to be the only successful, long-term therapy for morbidly obese subjects.rnobjectives: the aim of this study was to evalu...

background: because prehypertension identifies children most at risk for the development of future hypertensive disease, the purpose of this study was, to examine the association of prehypertension with risk factors for cardiovascular disease (cvd) in a large sample of youths participating in the community-based prevention education program family heart study. methods: we estimated blood pressu...

conclusions there was no difference between the effects of 2 g of epa or dha supplementation for 12 weeks on the levels of total cholesterol, ldl-c, hdl-c, tc/hdl-c, tg/hdl-c, and ldl-c/hdl-c; however, it had a desirable effect on the level of tg in a way that the effect of dha was clearer. results from 105 included patients, 97 (31 in epa, 33 in dha, and 33 in control groups) completed the stu...

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides (TG) are modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Several genetic loci for predisposition to abnormal LDL-C, HDL-C and TG have been identified. However, it remains unclear whether these loci are consistently associated with serum lipid levels at each age or with unique develop...

low density lipoprotein (ldl) subclass pattern b is characterized by predominance of small dense ldl. subjects with pattern b tend to have higher triglyceride (tg) and lower levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl-c). small dense ldl is associated with increased risk of coronary disease. in this study, effect of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (niddm) on ldl size, plasma tg ...

Objective(s): This study was to investigate the antihyperlipidemic and antioxidant effect of total flavonoid extract from Actinidia kolomikta (TFAK) in hyperlipidemia induced by a high-fat diet. Materials and Methods: Male SD rats were randomly divided into 6 groups: normal group, model (hyperlipidemic diet) group, hyperlipedemic diet supplemented with TFAK (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg) and simvastat...

Diabetes mellitus is associated with complications in several different systems of the body, and the incidence of diabetes is rapidly increasing worldwide. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of Cydonia oblonga Mill. Fruit on lipid profile and some biochemical parameters in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The extract showed anti hyper lipidemic...

Objective The aim of present study was to clarify the role of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) γ Pro12Ala and C161T polymorphisms in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and their influence on lipid and lipoprotein profiles of patients. MaterialsAndMethods The present cross-sectional study consisted of 50 women with PCOS, who referred to the Kermanshah Unive...