title: Association of troponin T and altered lipid profile in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether elevated levels of troponin T are associated with altered lipid profile.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from 205 patients each of whom presented elevated troponin T levels.
  
  
  RESULTS
  195 patients presented with suspected myocardial infarction, 10 patients did not. Of which 68 had medium, 107 high and 20 presented with very high troponin T levels. The proportions were significantly different (p = 0.000215). Regression analysis showed that troponin T level was a useful quadratic predictor of total cholesterol (p = 0.000), triglycerides (p = 0.003), and low density cholesterol (p = 0.000); and a useful linear predictor of TC/HC ratio (p = 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of myocardial infarction is associated with elevated troponin T levels; troponin T is positively correlated with total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL and TC/HC ratio and negatively correlated with HDL. TC/HC ratio was not found to be a useful predictor of the likelihood of MI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preclinical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad. shivananda.nayak@sta.uwi.edu
authors.forename: Shivananda B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Lexley M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pinto Pereira
authors.forename: Shantal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boodoo
authors.forename: Annalise
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimberlyali
authors.forename: Cherishe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baptiste
authors.forename: Sushain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maraj
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Persad
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Subina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Surendran
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Legall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago / Q000453:epidemiology; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008055:Lipids; D020107:Troponin T