Lipid profile in ischemic heart disease in patients at Larkana

ABSTRACT

The lipid profile levels in ninty six [83 males of 13 females] ischaemic heart disease [IHD] patients aged 22 to 60 years divided into elder and younger age groups with upper and low income division alongwith 45 control subjects 611 matched for age and socioeconomic status were studied. Significantly elevated serum cholesterol, LDL cholesterol triglycerides, phospholipids and total lipids as well as significantly decreased HDL-cholesterol levels were found in IHD patients compared with control subjects. It was found that inspite of increased lipid profile with decreased HDL in IHD, there was no significant difference between the upper income and low income social classes, particularly in elder patients, but the difference was significant in upper and lower social classes in norm III subjects: