The importance of high serum cholesterol, especially a high level of low-density lipoprotein
(LDL) cholesterol, as a risk factor for coronary artery disease is well established. Likewise …

Obesity threatens to become the foremost cause of chronic disease in the world. Being
obese can induce multiple metabolic abnormalities that contribute to cardiovascular …

(CHD), stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases. Framingham research has helped define
the quantitative and additive nature of these causes or, as they are now …

BACKGROUND Genetic lipoprotein disorders have been associated with premature
coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS The prevalence of such …

Coronary heart disease rates have been reported in several parts of the world to be
unusually high in people originating from the Indian subcontinent. High coronary disease …

Studies in recent years have suggested that measurement of high density lipoprotein (HDL)
subclasses may provide significant information beyond that provided by measurement of …

Abstract Forty-three of 1,312 men aged 35 to 54 years in the Framingham Offspring Study
had clinically recognized coronary heart disease at the initial examination. Twenty-six men …

Objective: To determine the influence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), disease
activity, and anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) on lipid profile, in order to identify patients with …

Background The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio has
been reported to be as closely correlated with insulin resistance as is the fasting serum …

A unique kindred with premature cardiovascular disease, tubo-eruptive xanthomas, and type
III hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP) associated with familial apolipoprotein (apo) E deficiency was …