Relation of serum sialic acid with serum lipids in cardiac patients

ABSTRACT

Elevated serum sialic acid concentration is a risk factor for coronary heart disease in general population along with dyslipidemia. Sialic acid and lipid profile was determined in healthy subjects [Group A1 and A2] and sixty cardiac patients, divided into two groups, group B comprising of thirty male patients and group C comprising of thirty female patients. A highly significant increase was observed in the level of sialic acid and different variables of lipid profile except HDL-C in all patients. HDL-C showed a significant decrease in patients. An increase in the level of sialic acid in cardiac patients showing the implications of raised level of sialic acid in the development of cardiovascular complications