title: Effects of Armolipid Plus on small dense LDL particles in a sample of patients affected by familial combined hyperlipidemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to test small dense LDL changes with Armolipid Plus treatment in patients with familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL).
  
  
  METHODS
  After 4 weeks, 30 patients with FCHL were included in an 8-week, randomized, double-blind study and were taking, in addition to the standard diet, either placebo or Armolipid Plus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The placebo group showed no statistically significant differences in the studied parameters; instead, in the Armolipid Plus group, statistically significant reduction differences were detected in BMI (p = 0.010), LDL score (p = 0.035) and an increase in mean LDL particle diameter (p = 0.040).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination of a standard diet with Armolipid Plus is able to reduce LDL score and increase LDL particle diameter in a group of FCHL after 8 weeks of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Ilenia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Calcaterra
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strazzullo
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pacioni
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Enza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Speranza
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rubba
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marotta
keywords: Armolipid Plus; familial combined hyperlipidemia; small dense LDL