title: Serum apolipoproteins in the patients of myocardial infarction in different age groups.
abstract: The level of serum cholesterol (Ch), serum-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), serum-low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc), serum very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDLc), Triglyceride (Tg), Apolipoprotein A-1, B and ratio of Apolipoprotein A1/B were observed in 151 survivors of myocardial infarction in different age groups. A significant increase was found in the level of triglyceride, LDLc, apolipoprotein-B and a significant decrease in apolipoprotein-A1 and the ratio of apolipoprotein A1/B. No significant alteration was found in serum cholesterol, HDLc except in the age group of 31-40 years and 41-50 years and VLDLc. Thus, serum Apo A-1 and Apo-B may be considerably better markers for coronary artery disease than traditional lipid parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, L.L.R.M. Medical College Meerut, Meerut, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Apolipoprotein A-1; Apolipoprotein-B; Cholesterol; Coronary Artery Disease