Adequacy of NCEP Recommendations for Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDLC, and LDLC Measurements

Adequacy of NCEP recommendations for total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDLC, and LDLC measurements.

To the Editor: We read with concern the recent paper by Fallest-Strobl, Olafsdottir, Wiebe, and Westgard (1) in which the authors state, “. . . the NCEP recommendations fail to adequately consider the quality control requirements necessary to detect medically important systematic errors.” We also note that Westgard, Petersen, and Wiebe (2) published a similar paper in 1991 questioning the adequ...

Electron beam tomography and National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines in asymptomatic women.

OBJECTIVES This investigation was designed to determine the relationship between National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) ATP-II lipid guidelines and subclinical atherosclerosis, defined by electron beam tomography (EBT) calcified coronary plaque, in asymptomatic women. BACKGROUND NCEP guidelines are used to identify women at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) on the basis ...

Serum Uric Acid, Triglycerides, Total Cholesterol and Hdl-c Measurements in Pre-eclamptic Women

The present study has been undertaken to compare the maternal serum values of uric acid, triglycerides, total cholesterol and HDL-C between pre-eclamptic women and normotensive pregnant women. Study includes 80 women divided into two groups. Estimation of serum uric acid, triglycerides, total-cholesterol and HDL-C were analyzed by Modified Trinder Peroxidase, CHOD-PAP and Phosphotungstic acid p...

Measurement of Total Cholesterol and Triglycerides in Blood Serum

Anti-Retroviral Therapy Increases the Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in South African HIV-Infected Patients

PURPOSE Data on the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors in HIV-infected patients from sub-Saharan Africa is sparse. We performed a cross-sectional analysis in a cohort of HIV-infected South African adults. METHODS We studied HIV-infected patients who were either antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive or receiving non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based or ...