BACKGROUND Lipid levels among contemporary patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease (CAD) have not been well studied. This study aimed to analyze admission lipid levels in a broad contemporary population of patients hospitalized with CAD. METHODS The Get With The Guidelines database was analyzed for CAD hospitalizations from 2000 to 2006 with documented lipid levels in the first 24 ...

Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are currently considered to be a major risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). Deficiencies in the HDL metabolic pathway promote atherosclerosis and contribute to CAD. Low HDL-C levels are included in the Framingham 10-year risk assessment for CAD although they are not yet targeted for therapy. Recent clinical ...

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) ...

Classic clinical and epidemiological studies have long ago established the presence of an inverse relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, and thus, it was assumed that measures that increase HDLC levels would afford protection against atherosclerosis-based CVD. However, trials of drugs, such as cholesterol ester transfer pro...

The effect of milk and skim milk intake on serum lipid and apoprotein levels was investigated in young females with consideration of each subject's menstrual period. When milk and dairy products were not allowed, the serum cholesterol concentration tended to decrease in high density lipoprotein (HDL) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), the triglyceride concentration tended to increase in H...

The influence of individual lipoproteins on the severity of coronary atherosclerosis was studied in 41 patients undergoing coronary angiography. The extent of athero-sclerosis was quantified by a coronary atherosclerosis score (CAS) based on the number and severity of lesions in eight proximal segments of the coronary circulation. The concentration of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) showed a str...