Transl Androl Urol, Vol 3, Suppl 1 September 2014 www.amepc.org/tau © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Results: Total cholesterol was significantly decreased after 6 months by TRT compared to before TRT (183.7±33.9, 175.5±33.1, P=0.001). Triglycerides was also significantly decreased after 6 months (147.2±84.1, 131.2±62.7, P=0.009). TC and TGs were decreased after 12 mo...

Transl Androl Urol, Vol 3, Suppl 1 September 2014 www.amepc.org/tau © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Results: Total cholesterol was significantly decreased after 6 months by TRT compared to before TRT (183.7±33.9, 175.5±33.1, P=0.001). Triglycerides was also significantly decreased after 6 months (147.2±84.1, 131.2±62.7, P=0.009). TC and TGs were decreased after 12 mo...

Lipid profile including cholesterol, triglycerides, High Density Lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and Low Density Lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) level was determined in patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and compared to Healthy Pregnant Women (HPW). 103 GDM women and 97 HPW were registered in the Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar in the time period of May to December 2012. Total...

BACKGROUND Recent data suggest that an increased level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is not causally protective against heart disease, shifting focus to other sub-phenotypes of HDL. Prior work on the effects of dietary intakes has focused largely on HDL-C. The goal of this study was to identify the dietary intakes that affect HDL-related measures: HDL-C, HDL-2, HDL-3, and apoA...

The demographics of dyslipidaemia have changed towards a more complex atherogenic dyslipidaemia involving increased levels of LDL-C, in particular highly atherogenic small dense particles, hypertriglyceridaemia and low HDL, together with increased levels of markers of cardiovascular inflammation, thrombogenesis and endothelial dysfunction. Statins were shown to significantly lower cardiovascula...

BACKGROUND While the relationship between total cholesterol (TC) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) progressively weakens with aging, several studies have shown that low TC is associated with increased mortality in older individuals. However, the possible additive/synergic contribution of the two most important cholesterol rich fractions (LDL-C and HDL-C) to mortality risk has not been previously...

BACKGROUND Previously, we reported that ProAlgaZyme (PAZ) and its biologically active fraction improved plasma lipids in hypercholesterolemic hamsters, by significantly increasing the high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) while reducing non-HDL cholesterol and the ratio of total cholesterol/HDL-C. Moreover, hepatic mRNA expression of genes involved in HDL/reverse cholesterol transport we...

HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) efflux function may be a more robust biomarker of coronary artery disease risk than HDL-C. To study HDL function, apoB-containing lipoproteins are precipitated from serum. Whether apoB precipitation affects HDL subspecies composition and function has not been thoroughly investigated. We studied the effects of four common apoB precipitation methods [polyethylene glycol (P...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of probiotic Lactobacillus on serum lipids using a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. METHODS Fifteen studies containing 15 trials, with 976 subjects were included. The pooled WMD was calculated by random effects model. RESULTS Probiotic Lactobacillus consumption significantly reduced TC by 0.26mmol/l (95% CI, -0.40 to -0.12) and LDL-C by 0.23mm...

This study was performed to determine the effect of frozen and unfrozen storage on plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol analysis. HDL-cholesterol was determined, following removal of the other lipoproteins by precipitation with heparin and MnCl(2), in fresh plasma samples and in aliquots of the samples that had been stored 1) unfrozen (4 degrees C), up to 14 days, 2) frozen (-20 de...