title: Lipid profile of women qualifying for hypolipidaemic treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Death rates from coronary heart disease continue to rise in women despite a marked decrease in men for the past two decades. Our study aimed to evaluate essential risk factors in high-risk adult women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Lipid profiles of 547 dyslipidaemic adult women aged 57.5 +/- 10.6 years (mean +/- standard deviation) were evaluated and stratified according to fasting plasma lipid levels. Classification of the cohort was performed based on triglycerides (TG) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels and correlations between TG and HDL-C were estimated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with TG > or =150 mg/dl had lower HDL-C levels compared to those with TG <150 mg/dl (p < 0.001). Patients with HDL-C <40 mg/dl had lower TC levels and higher TG levels compared to those with HDL-C > or =40 mg/dl (p = 0.012 and p < 0.001, respectively). In the cohort and the subgroups an inverse correlation between TG and HDL-C was observed (r = -0.428, slope = -0.048, p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The expected inverse correlation between fasting high TG and low HDL levels was confirmed. The novelty of the study is that this correlation persists even in the case of low fasting TG levels.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. genkolovou@mail.gr
authors.forename: Genovefa D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kolovou
authors.forename: Katherine K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Anagnostopoulou
authors.forename: Klelia D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Salpea
authors.forename: Dimitris S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Damaskos
authors.forename: Ioannis S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Hoursalas
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petropoulos
authors.forename: Helen I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Bilianou
authors.forename: Dennis V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Cokkinos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides