Lipid evaluation in a diabetic paticnt begins with averaging several measurements of blood sugar, total cholesterol. triacylglycerol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol after a 1 2 h fast. Patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes may have any one of several of lipid disorders [ 1 I, but typically diabetic dyslipidaemias share the characteristics of high very-low-density lipoprote...

About 15% of the adult Kuwaiti population has type 2 diabetes and over 50% are hyperlipidaemic by current diagnostic criteria. Not surprisingly, coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in Kuwait. Reports from coronary care units in Kuwait suggest that 40-80% of the CHD patients were diabetic and 50-80% hyperlipidaemic. The pattern worldwide is similar. International guideline...

Correspondence to: Professor Gilbert R Thompson, Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, UK; [email protected] _________________________ D yslipidaemia is a preferable term to hyperlipidaemia because it includes risk factors such as a decreased concentration of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol as well as qualitative changes in low de...

BACKGROUND Fibric acid derivatives and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are effective in combination for treating patients with familial dysbetalipoproteinaemia and severe combined dyslipidaemia, but combination therapy affects compliance and increases the risk of side effects. AIM To evaluate the efficacy and safety of monotherapy with atorvastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor with superior e...

Background: Fibric acid derivatives and HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are effective in combination for treating patients with familial dysbetalipoproteinaemia and severe combined dyslipidaemia, but combination therapy affects compliance and increases the risk of side effects. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of monotherapy with atorvastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor with superior e...

BACKGROUND Proper management of dyslipidaemia in patients may reduce morbidity and mortality related to coronary heart disease. OBJECTIVE To determine physician perceptions of the management of dyslipidaemia in Jamaica and Trinidad METHODS Personal interviews were conducted from March to May, 2005, by an independent research firm using a structured questionnaire. RESULTS A total of 111 in...

Shift work is associated with various health problems and there is concern that shift workers are at higher risk to develop dyslipidaemia. A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2003 to May 2004 to compare the prevalence of dyslipidaemia (hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, hyper-LDL and hypo-HDL-cholesterolaemia) and to examine the relationship between shift work and dys...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The increase in overweight and obese children may be linked to increased rates of dyslipidaemia. The aim was to assess the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors among the Northern Mexican child population. METHODS AND RESULTS Four hundred and fifty-one subjects aged between 2 and 10 (47.5% girls) took part in the Nuevo León State Survey of Nutrition and H...

Tamale Teaching/Regional Hospital *Correspondence: Felix-Val Kwaku Titty, Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies P.O. Box 1350, Tamale, Ghana. Email: valtitfkt @ yahoo.com ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Poor glycaemic control, dyslipidaemia and metabolic syndrome are all risk factors for cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE: To determin...

We compared the impact of hypercholesterolaemia and mixed dyslipidaemia on vascular function, vascular structure and fibrinolytic balance in rabbits. To this end, vascular reactivity was studied in aortic rings from rabbits fed a control diet, a diet containing 0.5% cholesterol+14% coconut oil (mixed dyslipidaemia) or a diet containing 1% cholesterol (hypercholesterolaemia) for 12-14 weeks. Mor...