Aim: Dyslipidemia is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Increased triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, and decreased high (HDL-C) levels were associated with increased risk. Recently, comprehensive lipid profile indices derived from these conventional parameters have attracted to attention. Atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) one the calculate...

introduction: the aim was to assess the effects on lifestyle and lipid profile while fasting during holy month of ramadan. material and methods: an interventional cohort study designed with 160 subjects who were fasting during ramadan recruited from different mosques in kermanshah. data were collected in three stages at the beginning and at the end of ramadan as well as one month following rama...

background & aim: policosanol is a component from main alcohol groups with long-chain that extracted from cane sugar. in the present research, the effect of policosanol was investigated on decrease of lipid metabolite levels in blood of hypercholesterolemia rats. experimental: a number of 32 male wistar rats race with average weight of 250 g was divided into four groups including negative ...