Lipid profiles of the patients with coronary heart disease and normal controls

ABSTRACT

A comparative study of the lipid profiles of 50 patients with coronary heart disease and 50 normal controls was undertaken. The coronary cases and normal subjects were age matched within a range of 10 years and the biochemical determination of parameters such as serum cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoproteins [HDL] and beta-lipoproteins were carried out. The results showed that serum cholesterol, triglyceride and beta-Lipoprotein levels were high in the coronary heart patients. The frequency of their occurrence was more in the age range 45 to 64 years. The HDL level was lower in coronary cases. The results also indicated that combination of two, three or four factors under study occurred more frequently in coronary cases than in the controls. From the coordination of the data it was concluded that all the factors under study contribute significantly to the development of coronary heart disease either independently or dependently