The well known medicinal plant, Cichorium intybus L. (Asteraceae) contains dietary oligofructose compounds which have beneficial effect on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, other compounds e.g. polyphenol type derivatives could be responsible for the antioxidant properties reported in several studies before. Male Fischer rats were kept on normal and lipid rich diet supplemented with chicory ex...

OBJECTIVES Aim of this study was to evaluate implication of pregnancy induced hypertension on maternal plasma lipid, lipoprotein, apolipoprotein concentrations and lipid peroxidation products by a comparison of normal pregnancy vs. preeclampsia. DESIGN AND METHODS Thirty-four women with preeclampsia and 32 healthy pregnant women (controls) in the third trimester were recruited for this study....

La dislipidemia corresponde a una alteración de los lípidos en el plasma, lo que significa un aumento colesterol y/o triglicéridos plasmáticos. Objetivos. Describir mecanismos fisiopatológicos detrás la y determinar cómo estos se aplican tratamientos. Metodología. Tras búsqueda bibliográfica exhaustiva 85 estudios publicados hasta año 2011, identificaron aspectos más importantes tanto fisiologí...

Background: Dyslipidemia occurs in approximately 70% of all liver transplant (LT) recipients, and no prior control studies have demonstrated any dietary intervention to change it. Aim: To analyze the effects of a dietary intervention on the lipid profile of dyslipidemic LT recipients. Methods: All LT recipients with dyslipidemia on clinical follow-up were enrolled. Anthropometric evaluat...

The Year in Cardiology 2015: Prevention M. John Chapman1,2, Stefan Blankenberg3, Ulf Landmesser4,5 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Pesquisa em Dislipidemia e Aterosclerose, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital1, Paris FR-75651, France; University of Pierre and Marie Curie2, Paris, França; Clinic for Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, German Center for Car...

Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre el incremento de circunferencia abdominal ydislipidemia secundaria o resistencia a insulina en adolescentes obesos atendidos InstitutoNacional Salud del Niño (INSN). Método: Estudio analítico, transversal y retrospectivo. Losdatos antropométricos se expresan desviaciones estándar (DE) los bioquímicos según rangosde referencia. Para demostrar (CA) utilizó...