title: [Plasma levels of apolipoprotein and HDL-cholesterol in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: The authors have examined the levels of the plasma cholesterol and triglycerides, of the plasma lipoproteins (HDL, LDL, VLDL) and of their main apolipoproteins (apo-A and apo-B) in a group of 64 patients affected by RA and in a population of healthy subjects considered as a contrast group, trying to establish a plausible dislipidemic factor which could justify the major occurrence of coronary heart disease in those patients suffering from RA. Statistical analysis was done with the T-test. There are not differences in the lipoprotein pattern between the group of patients affected by RA and the population of healthy subjects. The obtained result seem to exclude that such a major occurrence of coronary heart disease in the patients suffering from RA may be linked to the alteration of lipidic metabolism.
mesh_terms: D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Determinazione dei livelli plasmatici delle apolipoproteine e del C-HDL in pazienti con artrite reumatoide.