title: Diffusible cholesterol as a risk factor in the biochemical stage of atherosclerosis.
abstract: The variations of diffusible cholesterol, considered as one of the risk factors involved in the biochemical processes of the subclinical, premorphologic stage of atherosclerosis, were studied in patients with cardiovascular disturbances. To this end, total cholesterol, diffusible cholesterol and beta-lipoproteins were assayed in the blood of 76 such patients and in their children. A correlation was observed between the increase of diffusible cholesterol values and those of beta-lipoproteins. In some of these cases, high diffusible cholesterol values showed a hereditary character.
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D002784:Cholesterol