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Published on: October 2, 2020
[Lipid profile in maintenance haemodialysis]
1Laboratoire de biochimie, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. jamoussikamel@yahoo.fr
Introduction:
The chronic kidney failure is a source of dyslipidemia and accelerated atherosclerosis. No changes in the lipoprotein profile could be reversed by dialysis.
Objective:
Our aim was to study the lipid disturbances characteristics in end stage renal disease in order to assess their theorical atherogenic potential.
Subjects And Methods:
The patient population consisted of 36 patients on maintenance haemodialysis. Matched control subjects were recruited among apparently healthy normolipidemic Tunisians. Total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein AI and apolipoprotein B concentrations were measured.
Results:
The triglycerides levels were significantly higher in patient group, unlike the high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein AI levels that were significantly reduced. We saw no increase in the levels of low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein B. The low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol ratio result wasn't helpful in the evaluation of the atherogenic risk.
Conclusion:
We confirm the quantitative lipid disorders associated with maintenance haemodialysis. The assessment of cardiovascular risk on the basis of these disorders seems difficult.
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