title: Lipid Profile In Transplant Patients: A Clinical Study.
abstract: 15 renal transplant recipients were studied for their lipid profile. The patients were on regular post transplant follow up and had non clinical or laboratory evidence of graft dysfunction, intercurrent infection or post transplant diabetes mellitus for at least 3 months prior to the study. The mean duration of transplant was 15 ± 9.5 months (range 3-32 months). Majority (86%) were on triple immunosuppression therapy and received a mean prednisolone dose of 10.5 mg. An equal number of healthy subjects were randomly selected and studied for their lipid profile and served as control for the study group. There was no significant change in the HDL-cholesterol level as compared with controls. However, these patients showed a significantly higher LDL-cholesterol and total cholesterol levels. Further, a significant inverse correlation was observed between triglycerides and total cholesterol levels and transplant duration.
authors.affiliation: Classified Specialist (Medicine and Nephrology), Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Baliga
authors.affiliation: Graded Specialist (Medicine), Military Hospital, Panaji.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Classified Specialist (Medicine and Nephrology), Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune 411 040.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.affiliation: Classified Specialist (Medicine), Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Trainee in Nephrology, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune - 411 040.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mostafi
keywords: Lipid profile; Renal transplant