title: Lipoprotein-apolipoprotein changes in renal transplant recipients: a 2-year follow-up.
abstract: Renal transplantation modifies the dyslipidemia characteristic of chronic renal failure (CRF). The change in lipoprotein and lipid values of 51 transplant recipients, on cyclosporine and corticosteroid treatment, was studied during 2 years after transplantation to examine the short- and medium-term variations of lipid metabolism. Compared with control values of (all in mg/dL) triglycerides (Tg) 111 +/- 44, very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) Tg 69 +/- 18, total cholesterol (Chol) 201 +/- 32, VLDL-Chol 32 +/- 9, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) Chol 118 +/- 28, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) Chol 50 +/- 10, uremic patients pretransplantation exhibited values of Tg 200 +/- 82 (P less than .001), VLDL-Tg 133 +/- 70 (P less than .001), Chol 193 +/- 51 (NS), VLDL-Chol 52 +/- 16 (P less than .001), LDL-Chol 100 +/- 37 (P less than .007), HDL-Chol 40 +/- 16 (P less than .001), which changed to Tg 118 +/- 18 (P less than .001), VLDL-Tg 64 +/- 45 (P less than .001), Chol 223 +/- 48 (P less than .006), VLDL-Chol 26 +/- 33 (P less than .001), LDL-Chol 134 +/- 43 (P less than .001), at HDL-Chol 63 +/- 21 (P less than .001) at 3 months and Tg 135 +/- 76, VLDL-Tg 81 +/- 62, Chol 218 +/- 55, VLDL-Chol 22 +/- 20, LDL-Chol 139 +/- 46, and HDL-Chol 58 +/- 18 at 24 months without evidence of a significative variations in the 3- to 24-month posttransplant period.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cassader
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruiu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gambino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alemanno
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Triolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pagano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000097:blood; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013997:Time Factors; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008074:Lipoproteins