[Various lipid components in the serum of alcoholics]

In a group of 57 alcoholics, patients of disaccustoming ward, and a group of 61 controls the level of adipose bodies in blood serum was determined. The comparison showed a significantly higher level of cholesterol and triglycerides in alcoholics than in controls. Other lipid components, beta lpoproteides, total lipids and fatty acids exhibited similar values in both groups. The authors analyse, basing on a survey of literature, the expected mechanism of changes responsible for disturbed metabolism of fats in chronic alcoholism.