Serum apolipoprotein levels in relation to acute myocardial infarction and its risk factors--determination of apolipoprotein D.
Apolipoprotein A-I, A-II and apoD are all primarily found in the density region d > 1.063 g/ml. In the present study the serum apoD level was determined by electroimmunoassay in a random population sample of middle-aged men (n = 76). The mean level was 0.075 g/l with a standard deviation of 0.017. The apoD level was also determined in a group of patients, in the same age range, with sustained acute myocardial infarction (n = 25). The patients were compared with the random population sample and with a control group matched to the patients with regard to age, serum cholesterol level and body weight index. There was no difference in apoD level between patients and either control group. This is in contrast with the earlier reported low apoA-I, A-II as well as alphalipoprotein cholesterol levels in the same patient group.
D000328:Adult; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012306:Risk; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D001053:Apolipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol