title: Mass Screening of Apolipoprotein B May Detect Young People at Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome.
abstract: Incidence of acute coronary syndrome in young people is progressively increasing. Apolipoprotein B is now regarded as a nobel parameter over conventional lipid profile, predicting acute coronary syndrome. A case control study was carried out in Department of Cardiology of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital from June 2009 to May 2010. Total 50 cases of 18-45 years of age with first attack of acute coronary syndrome and 50 healthy controls of same age and sex distribution were studied. Of them 42(84.0%) of cases and 24(48%) of controls had hyper apoB condition. Mass screening of apolipoprotein B in apparently healthy young people may detect persons with hyper apoB status, who may develop acute coronary syndrome in future.
authors.affiliation: Professor Dr Uttam Kumar Barua, Professor and Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Barua
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Aditya
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bari
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100 / Q000097:blood*; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C569471:APOB protein, human; D053299:Apolipoprotein B-100