Abstract

Cholesterol profile in atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease was evaluated in 90 patients far whom elective surgery was performed in lstanbul Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Unit in 1992. Patients having aneurysms were excluded. Six of the patients were female (6.7 %) and 84 were male (93.3 %). Young­ est was 40 and oldest was 83 years old (mean 54.3 years). 55 of the patients (61 %) had aortoiliac and 35 (39 %) had femoropopliteal occlusive disease. Female patients were non smokers but 88 % of the males were heavy smokers. Cholesterol level was over 260 % mgr in 4 patients, over 200 % mgr in 20 patients. Triglyceride level was high in 30 cas­ es (33.3 %) and HDL level was under 30 % mgr in 22 cases (24.4 %) and between 30-35 % mgr in 13 patients (14.4 %). LDL level was high in 3 cases (3.3 %) and VLOL level was high in 26 patients (28.8 %). According to the comparisonof these results with risk factors the main role in atherogenesis seems to the low be the relectively levels of HDL (35 % mgr

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