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Plasma levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL- and HDL-cholesterol did not show any significant alterations. | |||||||||||||||
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Mean HDL-cholesterol levels were lower for those with GXT-induced leg pain in all three sex-hormone usage groups (42.0 vs 46.9, p less than .001; 53.9 vs 59.4, p less than .001; 65.3 vs 67.2, p = NS) and mean low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were higher in those with leg pain on GXT in two of three groups (146.4 vs 146.2, p = NS; 155.7 vs 144.6, p less than .01; 144.4 vs 133.5, p less than .05). | |||||||||||||||
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The effect of bark powder of Terminalia arjuna, an indigenous drug, on anginal frequency, blood pressure, body mass index, blood sugar, cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol was studied in 15 stable (Group A) and 5 unstable (Group B) angina patients before and 3 months after T. arjuna therapy. | |||||||||||||||
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Hyperlipidemia is frequently found in these patients and the most common lipid derangements are low levels of HDL-cholesterol and hypertriglyceridemia. | |||||||||||||||
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Correcting low HDL-cholesterol improves cardiovascular outcomes | |||||||||||||||
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Since HDL-cholesterol is an important cardiovascular risk factor, addressing both hypercholesterolemia and low HDL-cholesterol is a rational clinical strategy for patients with these lipid abnormalities. | |||||||||||||||
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High prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol despite lipid-modifying intervention | |||||||||||||||
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However, a re-analysis of these data in a manner consistent with the US studies described above (in terms of covariates used) revealed a consistent inverse relationship between HDL-cholesterol levels and coronary risk (Gordon et al 1989). | |||||||||||||||
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A further analysis in 3866 type 2 diabetes patients within the survey population revealed a higher prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol in this population (45%) (Bruckert et al 2007). | |||||||||||||||
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Simultaneous correction of low HDL-cholesterol and high total-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol may provide reductions in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality beyond those possible with statins alone. | |||||||||||||||
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Since HDL-cholesterol is an important cardiovascular risk factor, addressing both hypercholesterolemia and low HDL-cholesterol is a rational clinical strategy for patients with these lipid abnormalities. | |||||||||||||||
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Moreover, a markedly higher prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol was observed in patients with coronary heart disease (45.2%) relative to those without (16.1%) (Assmann et al 1996). | |||||||||||||||
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Many patients will therefore require combination therapy with NiaspanĀ® plus a statin to correct concomitant disturbances of LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol metabolism. | |||||||||||||||
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Serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol level was calculated from serum TC, HDL-cholesterol and TG levels (Friedewald et al., 1972).
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Several body weight loss interventions have reported improvements on serum TC, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels (Lee et al., 2005) and improvements in TC and LDL-cholesterol levels (Seo, 2005), besides improvements in HDL-cholesterol levels (Lee et al., 2007) with aerobic exercise in middle-aged women. | |||||||||||||||
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Conventional risk factors for CHD such as dyslipidemia (HDL-cholesterol levels <45 mg/dl, triglyceride levels >150 mg/dl and LDL-cholesterol levels>130 mg/dl), hypertension (blood pressure > 130/80 or prior therapy), diabetes mellitus (fasting blood glucose of >120 mg/dl or prior therapy), obesity (BMI >25), positive family history for CHD and smoking (current smokers) were obtained by viewing records and interviewing patients. | |||||||||||||||
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In rats poisoned with small doses of lead, decreases in the plasma cholesterol level and the HDL-cholesterol fraction were observed. | |||||||||||||||
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Analytical procedures for the determination of glucose, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides, thiobarbituric acid reactive substance concentrations (TBARs) and erythrocyte GPx activity (only measured at EVA2) have been described elsewhere [13]. | |||||||||||||||
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In conclusion, policosanol administered at 10 mg/day produces more advantageous changes in HDL-cholesterol and has a better safety and tolerability profile than lovastatin 20 mg/day. | |||||||||||||||
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Whole serum proteins, albumin, C-reactive protein, glucose, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triacylglyceroles (triglycerides), apolipoprotein-B and electrophoretic levels of alpha-lipoprotein, beta-lipoprotein and pre-beta-lipoprotein were analysed immediately after the first clinical inspection in the hospital and then 30 days after treatment. | |||||||||||||||
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