title: Serum apolipoprotein levels in relation to acute myocardial infarction and its risk factors. Apolipoprotein A-I levels in male survivors of myocardial infarction.
abstract: The significance of high density lipoproteins in the etiology of clinical complications to atherosclerosis has recently received increased attention. The levels of the major apolipoprotein in high density lipoproteins, apoA-I, have been determined in patients who had had an acute myocardial infarction, and compared with a cholesterol-matched and a randomly selected control group. ApoA-I levels were lower in the patients than in the control groups. ApoA-I levels were also lower in smokers than in non-smokers. The difference between patients and control groups persisted even when the groups were stratified according to smoking habits. This suggests that low levels of apo-A-I as well as alphalipoprotein cholesterol are additional characteristics of the infarction patients, even when the established risk factors, smoking and hyperlipidemia are taken into account.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol