title: Serum sialic acid concentration in patients with hypertriglyceridaemia showing the Frederickson's IIB phenotype.
abstract: 1. Serum total sialic acid concentration, recently shown to be a cardiovascular risk factor, and also serum lipid-associated sialic acid concentration were measured in 15 patients with hypertriglyceridaemia (fasting serum triacyglycerol concentration > 2.3 mmol/l) showing a Frederickson's type IIB phenotype, 15 patients with hypercholesterolaemia showing a IIA phenotype and 15 age- and sex-matched normal control subjects. 2. Total serum sialic acid concentration was significantly raised in the hypertriglyceridaemic group (84.9 +/- 21.5 versus 64.9 +/- 20.8 mg/dl, P < 0.03, Mann-Whitney U-test) compared with the normal control group, as was serum lipid-associated sialic acid concentration (23.0 +/- 4.3 versus 12.0 +/- 3.2 mg/dl, respectively, P < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U-test). 3. Serum total sialic acid concentration was also significantly elevated in the hypertriglyceridaemic group as compared with the IIA phenotype hypercholesterolaemic group (84.9 +/- 21.5 versus 58.4 +/- 11.7 mg/dl, P < 0.03, Mann-Whitney U-test), as was serum lipid-associated sialic acid concentration (23.0 +/- 4.3 versus 14.9 +/- 4.7 mg/dl, P < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U-test). 4. We suggest that serum concentrations of both total sialic acid and lipid-associated sialic acid may be useful markers of cardiovascular risk which could, in part, be related to hypertriglyceridaemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Guy's Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tutt
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000097:blood*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D010641:Phenotype; D012307:Risk Factors; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008055:Lipids; D012794:Sialic Acids; C054080:lipid-associated sialic acid; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid