Assessment of Lipid Profile among Children: A Hospital Based Prospective Study

Background: Abnormal lipid level in children leads to cardiovascular diseases. There is increase in rate of cardiovascular diseases among children for past few years. There comes the role of diagnosis and treatment. Examination of lipid profile can help to rule out the disease. The aim of the present study was to study lipid profile of children aged between 8 to 16 years.  Methods: A cross sectional study was planned . A total of 200 patients were included for the study. Blood samples were collected from each patient in fasting state. Samples were further examined for lipid profile estimation.  Results: 200 students were selected for the present study. Of the 200 children 100 were boys i.e. 50% and 100 were girl’s i.e.50%. Total cholesterol for girls was 165.62±30.48 and for boys it was 162.08±30.16. Mean total cholesterol for girls were 94.2±22.80 and for boys were 92.54±21.14.  Conclusions: lipid profile plays a very important role in good health of children. Examination of lipid profile should be done at an early age.

Correlations between Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis and Histopathologic Findings of Radial Artery

Patency of the radial artery plays an important role in the survival of radial forearm fasciocutaneous free flap and artery conduit of coronary artery bypass graft procedure. Even though Allens' test has been used for evaluating the patency of radial artery, the studies on the correlations between risk factors for atherosclerosis and histopathologic findings of radial arteries are rare, until now. Therefore, the authors investigated the correlations between these two factors, and tried to estimate the feasibility of the radial artery in high-risk groups for artherosclerosis. The risk factors for atherosclerosis and lipid profiles were investigated in 38 patients by history taking, physical examinations and blood analysis. And 38 cases of segments of vessel were harvested during the elevation of the flap. The degrees of vessel medial sclerosis were estimated by R values(by Kobayashi and colleagues) that is the median value between the thickness of the intima and that of the media. The measured mean R value was 0.210+/-0.05. Thirty one cases belonged to Grade I(R<0.25), 7 cases belong to Grade II(0.25