[Role of lipoproteins and triglycerides in cholesterol lithogenesis]

Serum lipoprotein spectrum was evaluated in 63 patients with cholelithiasis at various stages versus 10 healthy subjects as control. The patients were found to develop lipoprotein shifts as early as a physicochemical stage of the disease. Abnormal proportions of lipoproteins and triglycerides, changes in the formation of free radical products justify correction of dyslipoproteinemia early in cholelithiasis course.