title: [Cholesterol deficiency. A pathogenetic factor in chronic anemias? Preliminary report of a study in three states (author's transl)].
abstract: It has been shown in several studies that there is a statistically confirmed connection between cholesterol and Hb levels in the sense that hypocholesterolemia and anemia occur together particularly frequently. This was demonstrated in an epidemiological cross-section study of 3958 patient data, and also that in a retrospective case control study of 159 anemias there wasa concurrent hypocholesterolemia. It is explained by the fact that cholesterol deficiency leads to rigidity of the erythrocytes.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D002452:Cell Count; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000172:deficiency*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Cholesterinmangel--ein pathogenetischer Faktor chronischer Anämien?