Concentration of lipid, apoprotein-B and testosterone in patients with coronarographic findings.
The relationship between lipid, apolipoprotein-B and testosterone concentration and indicated coronarography was followed in male patients assigned into two age groups (under and over 50 years). Patients without a positive finding on coronary vessels served as controls. Patients of both age groups with a positive coronarographic finding showed an enhanced apolipoprotein-B and a decreased cholesterol concentration in the HDL2-high density lipoprotein subfraction. Likewise, testosterone level was also decreased in the two age groups. It appears that a lowered testosterone level may indirectly intervene into lipoprotein metabolism, or may affect the apolipoprotein-B level.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D008055:Lipids; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D013739:Testosterone