TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol versus low density lipoprotein cholesterol as a discriminating factor for myocardial infarction
AU - Sigdel, M.
AU - Yadav, B.K.
AU - Gyawali, Prajwal
AU - Regmi, P.
AU - Baral, S.
AU - Regmi, S.R.
AU - Jha, B.
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = BMC Research Notes. ISSNs: 1756-0500;
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Background: Serum total cholesterol (TC) and LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) have been used as major laboratory measures in clinical practice to assess cardiovascular risk in the general population and disease management as well as prognosis in patients. However, some studies have also reported the use of non-HDL cholesterol (non-HDL-C). As non-HDL-C can be calculated by subtracting HDL-C from TC, both of which do not require fasting blood sample in contrast to LDL-C which requires fasting blood sample, we aimed to compare non-HDL-C with LDL-C as a predictor of myocardial infarction (MI). Methods. This hospital based cross sectional study was undertaken among 51 cases of MI and equal number of controls. MI was diagnosed based on the clinical history, ECG changes and biochemical parameters. 5 mL of fasting blood sample was collected from each research participant for the analysis of lipid profile. Non-HDL-C was calculated by using the equation; Non-HDL-C=TC - HDL-C. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 14.0. Results: 42 MI cases were dyslipidemic in contrast to 20 dyslipidemic subjects under control group. The differences in the median values of each lipid parameter were statistically significant between MI cases and controls. The lipid risk factors most strongly associated with MI were HDL-C (OR 5.85, 95% CI 2.41-14.23, P value=0.000) followed by non-HDL-C (OR 3.77, 95% CI 1.64-8.66, P value=0.002), LDL-C/HDL-C (OR 3.38, 95% CI 1.44-7.89, P value=0.005), TC/HDL-C (OR 2.93, 95% CI 1.36-7.56, P value=0.026), LDL-C (OR 2.70, 95% CI 1.20-6.10, P value=0.017), TC (OR 2.68, 95% CI 1.04-6.97, P value=0.042) and Tg (OR 2.54, 95% CI 1.01-6.39, P value=0.047). Area under the receiver operating curve was greater for non-HDL-C than for LDL-C. Non-HDL-C was also found to be more sensitive and specific than LDL-C for MI. Conclusions: HDL-C and non-HDL-C are better discriminating parameters than LDL-C for MI. Thus, we can simply perform test for HDL-C and non-HDL-C both o
AB - Background: Serum total cholesterol (TC) and LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) have been used as major laboratory measures in clinical practice to assess cardiovascular risk in the general population and disease management as well as prognosis in patients. However, some studies have also reported the use of non-HDL cholesterol (non-HDL-C). As non-HDL-C can be calculated by subtracting HDL-C from TC, both of which do not require fasting blood sample in contrast to LDL-C which requires fasting blood sample, we aimed to compare non-HDL-C with LDL-C as a predictor of myocardial infarction (MI). Methods. This hospital based cross sectional study was undertaken among 51 cases of MI and equal number of controls. MI was diagnosed based on the clinical history, ECG changes and biochemical parameters. 5 mL of fasting blood sample was collected from each research participant for the analysis of lipid profile. Non-HDL-C was calculated by using the equation; Non-HDL-C=TC - HDL-C. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 14.0. Results: 42 MI cases were dyslipidemic in contrast to 20 dyslipidemic subjects under control group. The differences in the median values of each lipid parameter were statistically significant between MI cases and controls. The lipid risk factors most strongly associated with MI were HDL-C (OR 5.85, 95% CI 2.41-14.23, P value=0.000) followed by non-HDL-C (OR 3.77, 95% CI 1.64-8.66, P value=0.002), LDL-C/HDL-C (OR 3.38, 95% CI 1.44-7.89, P value=0.005), TC/HDL-C (OR 2.93, 95% CI 1.36-7.56, P value=0.026), LDL-C (OR 2.70, 95% CI 1.20-6.10, P value=0.017), TC (OR 2.68, 95% CI 1.04-6.97, P value=0.042) and Tg (OR 2.54, 95% CI 1.01-6.39, P value=0.047). Area under the receiver operating curve was greater for non-HDL-C than for LDL-C. Non-HDL-C was also found to be more sensitive and specific than LDL-C for MI. Conclusions: HDL-C and non-HDL-C are better discriminating parameters than LDL-C for MI. Thus, we can simply perform test for HDL-C and non-HDL-C both o
KW - Open access version available
U2 - 10.1186/1756-0500-5-640
DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-5-640
M3 - Article
SN - 1756-0500
VL - 5
SP - 640 (article no)-640
JO - BMC Research Notes
JF - BMC Research Notes
ER -