Background: Stroke makes a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although derangements in the lipid profile have been suggested as a risk factor for the development of stroke, various studies show inconsistent results on the association between lipid profile and stroke. A very few studies have commented on the status of lipid indices in stroke patients. Methods: After obtainin...

Age-related diseases are a social problem of global significance and their prevention by natural products is a research area of particular interest. The present study is an approach to counteract the risk factors for atherosclerosis arising in the aging process by supplementation of chokeberry juice. It employed a model of healthy adult rats monitored for a number of somatometric, serum lipidog...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. To date, many physicians still requesting traditional lipid profile tests (TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C) to confirm the clinical diagnosis related CVD. However, using these may be inadequate for prediction CVD risk, especially in intermediate risk. For better practice, laboratory diagnostic alternatives should c...

Background and aim: Insulin resistance has been linked to both triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) hypertension, it is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The present study aimed determine the TyG atherogenic indices in essential hypertensive subjects find out association between them.
 Materials Methods: In this case-control study, 250 patients with hypertension healthy controls ...