BACKGROUND Higher intake of monounsaturated fat may raise high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol without raising low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. We tested whether increasing the monounsaturated fat content of a diet proven effective for lowering LDL cholesterol (dietary portfolio) also modified other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, specifically by increasing HDL choleste...

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the salivary lipid profile in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Method: 10 patients with diabetes mellitus and 10 normal patients was taken as a study group. Lipid profile was estimated through measuring the levels of cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL,LDL and VLDL in the saliva of all the patients. Results: The level of cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL...

Plasma and lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were measured in Pima Indians, a genetically homogeneous population with a high prevalence of obesity and diabetes and a low frequency of coronary heart disease. The data for nondiabetic Pima Indians were compared with those of U.S. Caucasians measured during the Lipid Research Clinics Prevalence Study. Plasma total and low-dens...

Few studies have examined associations between different subcategories of cholesterol and cognitive function. We examined relationships between total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), triglyceride levels and cognitive performance in the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study, a community-based study of cardiovascular risk factors...

The serum lipid profile of a cohort of Hong Kong Chinese subjects living in the community (160 men, 154 women, mean age 70.2 +/- 11.4 years) was examined to determine the influence of age, sex, indices of obesity, drugs, smoking, alcohol intake, and presence of diabetes mellitus on serum lipid, lipoprotein, and apolipoprotein concentrations. A high waist/hip ratio (an index of central obesity) ...

Objective: DM is a major medical problem in developing countries such as Iran. Blood sugar and lipids levels increase in diabetics exacerbates the onset of diabetes mellitus (DM) late complications. Researchers have focused on herbal medicines improve sugar and lipid levels against side decreasing effects and possible inefficacy of chemical drugs. This study has assessed the effect of curcumin ...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) results in accelerated atherosclerosis that is primarily caused by inflammation, oxidative stress and impaired triglyceride and HDL metabolisms. Several plasma proteins including phospholipid transfer protein (PTLP), cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) affect HDL metabolism. PLTP transfers phospholipid...

High density lipoprotein (HDL) levels decrease during the acute phase response (APR). We have used the APR model of rabbit, baboon, and mouse to study the factors that influence HDL level. In the baboons and rabbits there was massive hypertriglyceridemia, triglyceride enrichment of HDL (60-80% of core lipids), decreases of HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein (apo)A-I (to 10% of baseline), and in...