Biological variability of cholesterol, triglyceride, low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lipoprotein(a), and apolipoproteins A-I and B

1994 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 574-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Marcovina ◽  
V P Gaur ◽  
J J Albers

Abstract Biological variability is a major contributor to the inaccuracy of cardiovascular risk assessments based on measurement of lipids, lipoproteins, or apolipoproteins. We obtained estimates of biological variation (CVb) for 20 healthy adults and calculated the percentiles of CVb as an expression of the variability of CVb among individuals for cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, apo B, and lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] by four biweekly measurements of these analytes. The CVb for the group was approximately 6-7% for cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, apo A-I, and apo B; approximately 9% for LDL cholesterol; and 28% for triglyceride. However, for each analyte, there was a considerable variation of CVb among individuals. For all analytes except Lp(a), there was no relation between the individual's CVb and the analyte concentration. Lp(a) was inversely related to CVb, and there was a very wide variation in the CVb for Lp(a) among the participants, ranging from 1% to 51%. The number of independent analyses to perform to accurately assess an individual's risk for coronary artery disease should be determined on the basis of the individual CVb for a given analyte rather than the average CVb.

1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
J C Vella ◽  
E Jover

Abstract We studied several risk factors in relation to parental cardiovascular heart disease: total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, apo B, and lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] were determined in 322 serum samples (43 from subjects with and 279 without parental cardiovascular heart disease). The distribution of Lp(a) concentrations in our young population was similar to that of other white populations, i.e., markedly skewed, with higher frequencies at low values. As compared with children whose parents did not report cardiovascular heart disease, those with affected parents had a higher mean Lp(a) (0.23 vs 0.18 g/L; P < 0.05). Moreover, 42% of the children with parental cardiovascular heart disease, but only 19% of those with no parental cardiovascular heart disease, exhibited Lp(a) values > 0.30 g/L. These results suggest not only that Lp(a) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular heart disease, but also that Lp(a) is more strongly related to the risk of cardiovascular heart disease than are HDL- and LDL-cholesterol and apo A-I and B.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
X Wang ◽  
Di Zhu ◽  
Yang Du ◽  
Yangbo Sun ◽  
Linda Snetselaar

Abstract Background: The control of blood glucose and athero­genic cholesterol particle concentrations is fundamental for patients with diabetes. The objective of this study was to examine trends in levels of apolipoprotein B (apo B), non-high-density lipoprotein (non-HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and hemoglobin A1c (A1C) and changes in the proportion of patients who achieved their glycemic and lipid goals between 2005 and 2018.Methods: We conducted a serial cross-sectional analysis of the US nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys form 2005 through 2018. Results: In total, 5536 adults aged 20 years or older with diabetes were included (weighted mean age, 60.2 years; female, 50.1%). Among all adults with diabetes, the age-adjusted mean apo B levels did not decrease significantly from 2005 to 2016 (P =0.077). The age-adjusted mean non-HDL cholesterol levels reduced significantly (P =0.004) from 2005 to 2018. In 2017-2018, 55.3% of patients achieved the A1C goal of <7% and 43.8% achieved the non-HDL cholesterol goal of <130 mg/dl. In 2015-2016, 47.3% achieved the apo B goal of <90 mg/dL, 57.2% achieved the LDL cholesterol goal of <100 mg/dl, while 30.6% achieved all four glycemic and lipid goals. The success rates for achieving the goals of apo B, non-HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol were higher in older compared with younger subjects, while white patients exhibited better glycemic control than Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic black patients.Conclusion: Among adults with diabetes, there was a significant reduction in non-HDL cholesterol level while there was no change in levels of apo B, LDL cholesterol or A1C over the past decade. Nevertheless, large percentages of adults with diabetes continue to have higher levels of apo B, non-HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and A1C.


2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-100
Author(s):  
Listijani Suhargo

The purpose of this research was conducted to evaluate the effects of daun wungu extracts to decrease total cholesterol, LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) and HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol of ovariectomized mice. This research used 24 ovariectomized mice and 8 normal mice. The ovariectomized mice were grouped in 3 groups for K1 (the treatment with aquadest, 0.05 ml), K2 (the treatment with fish oil, 0.05 ml) and P (the treatment with daun wungu extracts, 0.5 mg in 0.05 ml fish oil). All treatments were done for 20 days. At the end of the treatments, the blood (0.5 ml) was taken from cardiac by tuberculin disposable syringe. And then with fotometry, serum total, LDL and HDL cholesterol were measured. The result of this research showed that daun wungu extracts (0.5 mg in 0.05 ml fish oil) could not decrease HDL cholesterol, but it could decrease total and LDL cholesterol of blood serum in ovariectomized mice.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Bíborka Nádró ◽  
Ágnes Diószegi ◽  
Beáta Kovács ◽  
György Paragh ◽  
Dénes Páll ◽  
...  

A familiáris hypercholesterinaemia (FH) a koleszterin-anyagcsere veleszületett zavarával járó kórkép, amelyet jelentősen emelkedett összkoleszterinszint (TC) és low density lipoprotein koleszterinszint (LDL-C), ennek következtében a szív- és érrendszeri betegségek korai megjelenése jellemez. A magas vérnyomás előfordulási gyakorisága FH-s betegekben nem tisztázott, de jelenléte független kockázati tényezője a cardiovascularis betegség kialakulásának. Megfelelő terápiája ezért kiemelt fontosságú ebben a nagy kockázatú betegcsoportban.Célul tűztük ki 86, szakrendelésünkön először megjelent, frissen diagnosztizált, lipidcsökkentő kezelésben még nem részesülő heterozigóta FH-s beteg (27 férfi, 59 nő, átlagéletkoruk 53,6±13,4 év) esetén a lipidszintek, valamint a dokumentáció alapján a magas vérnyomás előfordulásának és kezelésének értékelését. Az FH diagnózisát a Dutch Lipid Network kritériumrendszer alkalmazásával állítottuk fel.A betegek átlagos TC-szintje 8,49±1,7 mmol/l, átlagos LDL-C-szintje 6,11±1,5 mmol/l, átlagos high density lipoprotein koleszterin (HDL-C) szintje 1,62±0,5 mmol/l, míg a lipoprotein-(a)-szint mediánja 301 mg/l volt. Mindössze 33 beteg esetén diagnosztizáltak korábban magas vérnyomást (38,4%). Béta-blokkolót 23, ACE-gátlót 13, ARB-t 12, kalciumcsatorna-blokkolót 9, HCT-t 11 beteg kapott. 11 beteg részesült monoterápiában, 10 beteg kettős, 11 beteg hármas, míg 1 beteg négyes kombinált kezelést kapott.Az eredmények alapján a magasvérnyomás-betegség ebben a betegcsoportban valószínűleg aluldiagnosztizált, a javasolt kezelés pedig sem az alkalmazott szer típusát, sem annak módját tekintve nem felelt meg az aktuális terápiás irányelveknek. A magasvérnyomás-betegség szűrése és korszerű kezelése, tekintettel az FH esetén kialakuló korai érelmeszesedésre, jóval nagyobb figyelmet érdemel ebben a kiemelt kockázatú betegcsoportban.


1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 516-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
G R Warnick ◽  
J M Benderson ◽  
J J Albers

Abstract Proficiency surveys of Seattle-area laboratories suggest only slight improvement in overall performance in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) measurement between 1978 and 1982, although the reported workload for HDL has increased by 15%. The mean interlaboratory SD was 64 mg/L (ranging from 34 for a pool averaging 299 mg/L to 136 for a pool averaging 886 mg of HDL cholesterol per liter) in 1982, compared with 79 mg/L (range 48-155) in 1978-79. Of the individual laboratory results in the current survey, 39% deviated by more than 50 mg/L from target values as compared with 37% in 1978-79. The discrepant values were primarily ascribable to method inaccuracy: only 30% of laboratories in 1982 reported results that averaged within 30 mg/L of target values (vs 50% in 1978). For within-run precision, 80% of laboratories in 1982 had SDs of less than 30 mg/L, vs 70% in 1978. The 1982 survey included a lyophilized serum prepared by spray freezing and bulk lyophilization (Hyland Omega), identical to the pools used in the College of American Pathologists Comprehensive Chemistry Survey, and five pools of frozen plasma. Interlaboratory variation and biases for the Omega pool were similar to those for the frozen pools.


1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Siekmeier ◽  
P Wülfroth ◽  
H Wieland ◽  
W Gross ◽  
W März

Abstract We analyzed the susceptibility of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) to oxidation in 17 healthy smokers (43.3 +/- 16.8 pack-years) and 19 healthy nonsmokers, matched for age (smokers: 52 +/- 7 years; nonsmokers: 53 +/- 7 years), gender, and relative body mass. Cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and apolipoprotein (apo) B were not different between smokers and nonsmokers; apo A-I was slightly lower in smokers (one-tailed P = 0.066). To study whether LDL from smokers were prone to in vitro oxidation than LDL from nonsmokers, we measured the time kinetics of diene formation and the production of malondialdehyde during oxidation of LDL in vitro. In smokers and nonsmokers, respectively, the mean (+/-SD) lag times (tinh) of diene formation were 111 +/- 26 and 100 +/- 27 min, the peak rates of diene formation (Vmax) were 5.99 +/- 2.34 and 6.34 +/- 2.30 mmol x min-1 x g-1, and the amounts of dienes produced during the propagation phase (dmax) were 250 +/- 264 and 248 +/- 56 mmol x g-1. Neither the malondialdehyde content of LDL (measured as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances) before oxidation nor the amount of malondialdehyde generated during oxidation (smokers: 57.0 +/- 14.2 micromol x g-1; nonsmokers: 63.2 +/- 15.2 micromol x g-1 indicated any statistically significant effect of smoking. When nonsmokers and smokers were considered together, the amount of malondialdehyde generated during oxidation correlated with age (nonparametric rs = 0.405), body mass index (r2 = 0.573), and concentrations of apo B (rs = 0.480), cholesterol (rs = 0.448), triglycerides (rs = 0.436), and LDL cholesterol (rs = 0.398). Our data show that smoking is not associated with increased oxidizability of LDL in healthy men and women at ages 42-63 years.


1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 75-76

Bezafibrate (Bezalip - MCP), an analogue of clofibrate (Atromid-S), has been marketed in the UK for two years. Like clofibrate 1 it lowers both triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in plasma. The reduction is usually in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, whilst high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol rises. Like other lipid-lowering drugs, it should be used only where appropriate dietary measures have failed and where the hyperlipidaemia poses a significant risk.2


1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1149-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Véronique Atger ◽  
Denise Malon ◽  
Marie Claude Bertiere ◽  
Françoise N'Diaye ◽  
Anik Girard-Globa

Abstract We used discontinuous gradients of polyacrylamide gel to determine the high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) subfractions HDL2 and HDL3 of serum lipoproteins. Serum (40 microL) prestained with Sudan Black was electrophoresed in cylindrical tubes over successive layers of 3.5%, 6%, 13%, and 17.5% acrylamide gels in a Tris.glycine buffer (3-4 h, 300 V). Very-low- (VLDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were retained by the 3.5% and 6% gels. HDL2 was concentrated at the interface between the 13% and 17.5% gels, and HDL3 migrated into the 17.5% gel. The distribution between HDL2 and HDL3 was obtained by densitometric scanning. Application of the respective percentages to HDL cholesterol assayed after phosphotung-state-Mg2+ precipitation of VLDL and LDL gave calculated concentrations of HDL2 and HDL3 cholesterol. The calculated values for HDL2 cholesterol were in excellent agreement with those for HDL2 isolated by ultracentrifugation (r = 0.920 for n = 120 sera; differences nonsignificant by Student's paired t-test). Besides being highly discriminating, the method is rapid, easily performed, and economical.


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