title: [Association of the serum level of apolipoprotein E with coronary artery disease and carotid artery atherosclerosis in Kyrgyz men with dyslipidemia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study an association of the serum level of apolipoprotein E (apo-E) with risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD), blood lipids and that with CHD and carotid artery (CA) atherosclerotic lesion in Kyrgyz men with dyslipidemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and three Kyrgyz men, including 48 with CHD and 55 without this disease, were examined. A clinical examination was performed and blood lipid composition and serum glucose and apo-E levels were determined. The diagnosis of CHD was established in accordance with the conventional criteria. Whether atherosclerosis was present was determined by ultrasound duplex scanning.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Low serum apo-E concentrations were associated with the presence of obesity, the higher blood levels of glucose and triglycerides. There was no correlation with other lipid metabolic parameters and the presence of CHD. A nonlinear relationship was noted between serum apo-E levels and CA atherosclerotic lesion, which was more frequently observed in patients with the apo-E level in the lower and upper quartiles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Low serum apo-E content is a poor factor and associated with obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, elevated serum glucose levels, and the development of CA atherosclerosis.
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Lunegova
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pavlenko
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kerimkulova
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Noruzbaeva
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Samanchina
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Zalesskaia
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Abilova
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mirrakhimov
authors.forename: Ch B
authors.initials: ChB
authors.lastname: Moldokeeva
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mirrakhimov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000097:blood*; D044466:Asian People; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000378:metabolism; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000378:metabolism; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007707:Kyrgyzstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D001057:Apolipoproteins E