Background In several observational and clinical studies, the association between serum cholesterol levels and cancer is still unsettled although serum total cholesterol has been associated with increased mortality from cancer. Moreover, the importance of abnormal levels of serum lipid components as the main features of dyslipidemia and the risk of individual cancers is unclear. The prevalence of dyslipidemia is increasing worldwide but, the precise aetiology of the link between risk of cancer and the behaviour of lipid profile, prior diagnosis, has yet to be determinated. Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) at baseline of many of the studies analyzed has to be taken into account, and continued low levels of HDL without explanation should be considered by clinicians.

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ACE, PI and RI as parameters of Doppler study were useful predictors of PE in the second trimester of gestation. The best combination to increase the diagnostic performance was ACE with the RI.

The most common composition (relative percentage) was COM, mixtures and AUA. Presence of calculi is more common in men than in women with the exception of carbonate apatite stones. Stones follow a Gaussian distribution throughout the lifetime of a patient, with particular incidence in those between 40 to 49 years old.