title: HDL phosphatidyl choline and risk-factors of coronary heart disease.
abstract: As part of our epidemiological study of employees in Westphalia, the concentration of HDL phosphatidyl choline was measured in 1546 men and 778 women. The results were analysed in relation to the corresponding HDL cholesterol values, as well as the various risk factors for coronary heart disease. HDL phosphatidyl choline values were found to be age independent, higher in women than in men (p les than 0.001), and lognormally distributed in both sexes (men: mean 1.162 mmol/l, median 1.13 mmol/l, minimum 0.60 mmol/l, maximum 2.46 mmol/l; women: mean 1.370 mmol/l, median 1.34 mmol/l, minimum 0.55 mmol/l, maximum 2.46 mmol/l). A positive correlation (p less than 0.001) was found in both sexes between HDL phosphatidyl choline and HDL cholesterol (men: r = 0.588; women r = 0.605). A negative correlation was found in both sexes between HDL phosphatidyl choline values and body weight (men: r = -0.102 (p less than 0.001) women: r = -0.129 (p less than 0.001); and in men, but not in women, there was a negative correlation between HDL phosphatidyl choline values and triglycerides (men: r = -0.190 (p less than 0.001) women: r = -0.042). A negative correlation between HDL phosphatidyl choline and cigarette smoking was found only in female smokers (r = -0.121 (p less than 0.05). The correlation coefficients between HDL cholesterol and triglycerides as well as HDL cholesterol and relative body weight in both sexes were clearly higher than the corresponding correlation coefficient of HDL phosphatidyl choline. In men as well as in women the HDL phosphatidyl choline/HDL cholesterol ratio decreased with increasing HDL cholesterol values or decreasing triglyceride values in blood serum.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000097:blood*; D012306:Risk; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D014280:Triglycerides; C037978:high density lipoprotein phosphatidylcholine