BACKGROUND Little is known so far on the lipid profile in polymyositis (PM) patients. Our aim is to identify lipid profiles in untreated patients with early PM, to assess the association between lipid profiles and C-reactive protein (a sensitive marker of inflammation) in these patients. METHODS AND FINDINGS This work was conducted as a case-control study. Sixty untreated patients with PM and...

Background: Dyslipidemia is a lipid metabolism disorder that causes changes in plasma lipoprotein function and/or levels of Triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), and High-Density (HDL). Administration Medium Chain Triglyceride (MCT) non-pharmacological therapy effectively improves profiles reduces the risk dyslipidemia. Objectives: This study aimed to conduc...

BACKGROUND Early highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is recommended for HIV-1-infected infants. There are limited data on lipid changes during infant HAART. METHODS Nonfasting total (TC), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglycerides (TG) were measured at 0, 6 and 12 months. Correlates of lipid levels and changes post-HAART were assess...

Study Design: Obesity prevalence is incresing in Turkish population whose lipoprotein profile is characterised by low levels of HDL cholesterol. Our study aims to determine how obesity changes lipid profiles in Turkish women. Materials and Methods: We evaluated 2501 overweight and obese adult women. After systemic physical examination and some antropometric studies, blood samples have been anal...

Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is highly prevalent in the general population. Recently, small dense LDL (sd-LDL) particles have been considered a risk marker in MS diagnosis. We analyzed cross-sectionally the association between sd-LDL and MS in a population-based sample of 210 middle-aged southern Italian women; among them 86 participants had MS (prevalence 40.9%). LDL particle separation was perform...

Dyslipidemia is one of the major risk factors of coronary artery disease. Present study was aimed to find out the lipid profile of non-diabetic adult Nepalese population (n = 454; M: 180 and F: 274; Mean age: 42.8+/-15.5 years). The mean +/- SD (mg/dl) level of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) was 184+/-50.7, 147.4+/-79....

UNLABELLED An abnormal ratio of triglycerides to HDL-cholesterol (TG/HDL-c) indicates an atherogenic lipid profile and a risk for the development of coronary disease. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between lipid levels, specifically TG/HDL-c, and the extent of coronary disease. METHODS High-risk patients (n=374) submitted for coronary angiography had their lipid variables measured...

BACKGROUND The fasting serum total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL-C) and low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) levels are used to calculate following lipid ratios: TC/ HDL-C, TG/HDL-C, and LDL-C/HDL-C. Cholesterol retention fraction (CRF), non-HDL-C, LDL-C, TG and waist circumference (WC) one considered as markers for the identification of individuals with an incr...

Dyslipidemia is one of the most important factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). The atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), a new comprehensive lipid index, might be a strong marker for predicting the risk of CAD.A hospital-based case-control study including 2936 CAD patients and 2451 controls was conducted in a Chinese population. Traditional lipid parameters were detected, and nontraditional ...

BACKGROUND We examined the predictive value of various clinical and biochemical markers for angiographically defined coronary artery disease (aCAD). Specifically, we assessed the value of the ratio of plasma triglyceride (TGs) to HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and the fractional esterification rate of cholesterol in plasma depleted of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins (FER(HDL)), a funct...