Aged men and ischaemic heart disease: serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Fasting serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and lipoprotein electrophoretic patterns have been investigated in 42 men aged 67-92 years (mean 79 years). Although all the cholesterol and the majority of the triglyceride levels were within the normal range for younger people, both were significantly greater (P < 0.001 and P < 0.01 respectively) in old men who had a clinical history of ischaemic heart disease than in the aged controls, whereas, in patients with dysrhythmia-ischaemia the cholesterol levels were raised (P < 0.05) but not the triglycerides. An abnormality of liporpotein profile was observed in 58% of patients with ischaemic heart disease; 7% of the controls; and 20% of patients having myocardial ischaemia associated with supraventricular dysrhythmia.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol