title: Concentrations of apolipoprotein A-I-containing particles in patients with hypoalphalipoproteinemia.
abstract: This study was performed to determine relations among concentrations of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) apolipoprotein (apo) A-I and apoA-II and lipoproteins with apoA-I only (LpA-I) and with both apoA-I and apoA-II (LpA-I:A-II) in patients with low plasma levels of HDL cholesterol. Seventy-seven middle-aged men with low HDL cholesterol levels (< 40 mg/dL) were compared with 37 middle-aged men with normal HDL cholesterol levels (> 40 mg/dL). Low-HDL patients were divided into those with normotriglyceridemia (triglycerides < 250 mg/dL; n = 49) and hypertriglyceridemia (triglycerides > or = 250 mg/dL; n = 28). Total apoA-I and apoA-II concentrations and apoA-I levels in LpA-I were significantly lower in the two low-HDL groups compared with control subjects. Although low-HDL patients' apoA-I levels were numerically lower in LpA-I:A-II compared with control subjects' levels, the differences were not statistically significant. Thus, there is a preferential reduction in apoA-I levels of LpA-I compared with LpA-I:A-II in patients with low HDL cholesterol. This preferential reduction in LpA-I levels was observed in both normotriglyceridemic and hypertriglyceridemic patients. However, among low-HDL patients levels of apoA-I in LpA-I did not distinguish between those with and without coronary heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9052.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montali
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Grundy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000378:metabolism*; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II / Q000378:metabolism; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D012016:Reference Values; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides