Low HDL Cholesterol Levels
| Autor: | Roger S. Blumenthal, M. Dominique Ashen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Statin business.industry medicine.drug_class Cholesterol Saturated fat Liter General Medicine medicine.disease chemistry.chemical_compound Blood pressure Endocrinology chemistry Weight loss Internal medicine Medicine lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) medicine.symptom business Dyslipidemia Lipoprotein |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 353:1252-1260 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejmcp044370 |
| Popis: | A 41-year-old man with dyslipidemia, hypertension, and a history of myocardial infarction four years previously comes to establish care. He is physically inactive and consumes a diet high in saturated fat He does not smoke. Medications include a statin, a beta-blocker, an angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor, and aspirin. His blood pressure is 110/80 mm Hg, and his body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) is 32. The fasting glucose level is 96 mg per deciliter (5.33 mmol per liter). The total cholesterol level is 155 mg per deciliter (4.01 mmol per liter), the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level 72 mg per deciliter (1.86 mmol per liter), the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level 28 mg per deciliter (0.72 mmol per liter), and the triglyceride level 277 mg per deciliter (3.13 mmol per liter). What strategies can increase his HDL cholesterol level? |
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