title: [HDL-cholesterol as an indicator of atherogenic risk in healthy women of advanced age].
abstract: We wanted to study HDL cholesterol in female subjects in good health but of in advanced age without a history of cardiac-vascular problems. The result show an increase in value for total cholesterol in only 2 subjects out of a total of 39 subjects studied and we saw a triglycerides increase in only 7 subjects. The HDL cholesterol was found high in 13 subjects and inferior to 55 mg/dl of serum in 26 subjects which also demonstrated low values of total cholesterol. In fact, the arteriosclerotic risk factor calculated using the method of Castelli e Cell increased only in 2 subjects demonstrating that the lack of clinical manifestation in accompanied by a decrease in the ateriosclerotic "risk factor".
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D012306:Risk; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: HDL-colesterolo quale indice di rischio aterogeno in donne sane di eta avanzata.