background: serum lipids abnormalities have been observed in various forms of cancers including acute leukemia. investigators report decreased total cholesterol and hdl, and elevated triglyceride in leukemic patients. limited studies had been performed to discover the correlation between abnormal lipids profile and disease activity in leukemic patients in iran. this study was done to evaluate t...

introduction: abnormal lipid profile causes maternal mortality and impairs fetal development. this study investigated the effect of ramadan fasting on plasma lipid profile in pregnant women. material and methods: this self-control, cohort study was performed in healthy volunteer fasted pregnant women. serum cholesterol, triglyceride (tg), low density lipoprotein (ldl), high density lipoprotein ...

conclusions synbiotic supplementation may improve lipid profile and body composition in patients with nafld and might be useful in prevention of the disease progression. methods eighty patients with nafld participated in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial (from march to july 2014) in iran. based on ast and alt as main variables of the study, 34 patients were requir...

background: beta-thalassemia is considered to be the most frequent hereditary blood disorder worldwide. lipid abnormalities have been detected in different types of beta-thalassemia . the aim of this study is to assess the lipid profiles in beta-thalassemia major (btm) and beta-thalassemia intermedia (bti) patients in southern iran. methods: the study group consisted of 55 btm patients and 50 b...

abstract   background: irregular working hours, including night work and shift work, have been found to be associated with alteration in various levels of biochemical factors. and some studies have showed association between shift work and blood biochemical disturbances in blood. in this epidemiological study we investigated, whether regular schedule of working hours can minimize the associated...

background: it has been established that hyperlipidemia increases the  incidence and mortality associated with coronary heart disease. in this study, the effects of dill (anethum graveolens) were evaluated on lipid profile of hypercholesterolemic patients. materials and methods: in this clinical study, 91 hyperlipidemic patients were randomly designated into two groups. one group received gemfi...

background abnormal cholesterol homeostasis is associated with the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease and cognitive impairment. objectives our objective was to evaluate changes in the expression of proteins related to cognition and cholesterol homeostasis in the hippocampi of rats as well as behavioral modifications following the administration of a cholesterol-rich diet. methods in this...

background: saponins identified from fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds are reported effective on dyslipidemia. however, the definite mechanism is still not elucidated systematically. in this study, we evaluate the effects of saponin extract on cholesterol absorption, metabolism, synthesis, and reverse cholesterol transport in vivo. methods: saponin extract was prepared according to a ...