Relation of serum lipoprotein cholesterol levels to presence and severity of angiographic coronary artery disease

Changes in Lipid Profile Between Flare and Remission of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Prospective Study

“…Data from large observational [33][34][35] and angiographic studies suggest that the TC/HDLC ratio is a more powerful predictor of coronary risk than serum levels of TC, LDLC, or HDLC used independently, being a reliable discriminator of the presence and extent of CHD in women [36][37][38] . The TC/HDLC index has been considered by some investigators 29 a better coronary risk predictor than LDLC/HDLC because the former includes all apoB-containing lipoproteins in the numerator and not only LDL.…”

Plasma Lp(a) levels correlate with number, severity, and length-extension of coronary lesions in male patients undergoing coronary arteriography for clinically suspected coronary atherosclerosis.

“…This missing relation, however, has been confirmed by other studies. 32 - 33 Romm et al 32 used stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis to study 125 men and 72 women undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography. For men, HDL cholesterol was the only variable associated with the presence of CAD (defined as narrowing of ^25% in at least one major coronary artery).…”

Biomarkers and Coronary Atherosclerotic Burden and Activity as Assessed by Coronary Angiography and Intra-Coronary Imaging Modalities

“…Some studies suggest that TG level does not influence the CAD risk whereas others provide some proofs that it does (Avins & Neuhaus, 2000). Ten years ago it was suggested that there is an inverse association between HDL level and the number of diseased coronary vessels (Romm et al, 1991). However, some other studies manifested that there is no association of CAD severity with lipid concentration (Lekakis et al, 2000;Cerne et al, 2000).…”