BACKGROUND High total cholesterol and low HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol are important determinants of cardiovascular disease. Little is known about dyslipidemia among Turkish and Moroccan migrants, two of the largest ethnic minority groups in several European countries. This study examines ethnic differences in total and HDL cholesterol levels between Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan et...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the utility lipid parameters individually and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density cholesterol (LDL-C/HDL-C) ratio as a possible risk marker for intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH).
 Materials Methods: This was multicenter, retrospective case-control that included 226 patients with ICH controls. Lipid were evaluated after 12 h fasting in...

Fructose consumption has increased during the last decades, while a simultaneous rise in incidence of pathologies such as type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome also taken place. Although there is evidence that fructose can cause alterations offspring related to development aforementioned diseases, exposure pregnancy not contraindicated for women. This effect explained by concept foetal program...

BACKGROUND The inflammatory/antiinflammatory properties of HDL were compared with HDL cholesterol in 2 groups of patients and in age- and sex-matched control subjects. METHODS AND RESULTS Group 1 consisted of 26 patients not yet taking a statin who presented with coronary heart disease (CHD) or CHD equivalents by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria studie...

Introduction. Cannabis sativa is a source of oil seeds for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food uses. Objective. The aim this study to evaluate the hypolipidemic effect hemp seed (HSO) obtained from local ecotype called “Beldiya.” Methods. extraction HSO was carried out by cold press method. Then, fatty acid tocopherol composition analyzed, respectively, GC-FID HPLC. activity at dose 3.5 7 mg/kg ...

RATIONALE Coronary endothelial dysfunction (ED)-an early marker of atherosclerosis-increases the risk of cardiovascular events. OBJECTIVE We tested the hypothesis that cholesterol efflux capacity and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particle concentration predict coronary ED better than HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C). METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 80 subjects with nonobstructive (<30% stenosis) cor...

High-density lipoproteins (HDL) protect against cardiovascular disease. HDL removes and transports excess cholesterol from peripheral cells to the liver for removal from the body. HDL also protects low-density lipoproteins (LDL) from oxidation and inhibits expression of adhesion molecules in endothelial cells, preventing monocyte movement into the vessel wall. The ABCA1 transporter regulates in...