Lipid profile and lipprotein [a] in chronic renal failure patients before and after hemodialysis

In this study, 20 male subjects with chronic renal failure [CRF] with no family history of ischemic heart disease were investigated for lipids and apolipoproteins before and after one year of hemodialysis in addition to 20 males matched for the same age included as a control group. After hemodialysis, these levels were significantly increased compared with the predialytic stage. Phospholipids and HDL cholesterol were significantly decreased in CRF patients and this decrease continued even after hemodialysis. Lipoprotein [a] showed no significant change in chronic renal failure patients before and after dialysis and when compared with the control group