Serum levels of lipids and apolipoproteins in angiographically assessed coronary artery disease in Japanese patients.
Serum total cholesterol (T-CHO), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoproteins (apo A-I, A-II, B, C-II, C-III and E) values were determined in 143 Japanese subjects undergoing coronary angiography. Among the factors measured, T-CHO, TG, apo B and C-III levels were significantly higher in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) than in those without CAD. The HDL-C/T-CHO ratio was also significantly lower in patients with CAD. Although no parameters show differences between the group without CAD and the group of single vessel disease, T-CHO and apo B were significantly higher in the groups with double and triple vessel disease, and TG and apo C-III were also higher in the group with triple vessel disease compared with the normal group. Furthermore, the HDL-C/T-CHO ratio was significantly lower in the double and triple vessel groups, and HDL-C was lower only in the triple vessel group. The results indicate that changes in these parameters suggest a high likelihood of multiple vessel disease, and that an increase in TG and apo C-III levels is also one of the important indicators for CAD even in Japanese patients.
Sawada
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Y
First Department of Internal Medicine, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.
Kotake
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H
Hoshio
A
A
Ogino
K
K
Nawada
T
T
Hisatome
I
I
Fujimoto
Y
Y
Mashiba
H
H
D000368:Aged; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol