Sentences with phrase «high plasma cholesterol»

Atherosclerosis is initiated by high plasma cholesterol leading to monocyte entry into the artery wall and differentiation into macrophages, which take up lipoprotein cholesterol to become lipid engorged foam cells.

Here, we used sequencing - by - ligation to sequence the genome of an 11 - month - old breast - fed girl with xanthomas and very high plasma cholesterol levels (1023 mg / dl).

On the other hand, breast - fed infants are consistently reported to have higher plasma cholesterol concentrations than formula - fed infants (22 — 24).

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The idea that plasma high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL - C) is protective against coronary heart disease has been part of medical conventional wisdom for five decades.

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found an unsuspected link between the immune system and high plasma lipid levels (cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood) in mice.

As expected, animals fed a high - fat diet had elevated plasma cholesterol levels (Figure 5D).

When compared with non-carriers, LDLR mutation carriers had higher plasma LDL cholesterol, whereas APOA5 mutation carriers had higher plasma triglycerides.

(D) Fasting plasma cholesterol levels in mutant mice on a high - fat diet treated for 5 weeks with control or ApoC - III ASO (n = 5 — 10 / group).

«While the major CVD benefit of statins is due to reduction in plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL - C), [2] statins also produce moderate increases, ranging from 4 % to 10 %, in levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL - C).

After consuming a diet with a high fat content (greater than 100 g fat / day) for two weeks, the mean plasma cholesterol level increased (p less than 0.02) while the mean SHBG level decreased (p less than 0.02).

Since... infant formulas contain very little cholesterol (10 to 30 mg / L)(Huisman et al., 1996; Wong et al., 1993), it is not surprising that plasma cholesterol concentrations are higher in infants fed human milk than in formula - fed infants.

Dietary glycemic load assessed by food - frequency questionnaire in relation to plasma high - density - lipoprotein cholesterol and fasting plasma triacylglycerols in post-menopausal women

High - monounsaturated fatty acid diets lower both plasma cholesterol and triacylglycerol concentrations.

Previous studies in normal subjects have reported no effects of the amount of dietary fiber on plasma triglyceride concentrations.42 In our study, the decrease in plasma triglyceride and VLDL cholesterol concentrations during the high - fiber diet could have been due to the improvement in glycemic control.

As compared with the ADA diet, the high - fiber diet resulted in a lower fasting plasma total cholesterol concentration (by 6.7 percent, P = 0.02), a lower plasma triglyceride concentration (by 10.2 percent, P = 0.02), and a lower plasma VLDL cholesterol concentration (by 12.5 percent, P = 0.01)(Table 4).

The fasting plasma LDL cholesterol concentration was 6.3 percent lower with the high - fiber diet (P = 0.11).

In addition, we studied the effects of such an intervention on the intestinal absorption of cholesterol and the fecal excretion of sterols in an attempt to uncover the mechanisms by which a high - fiber diet lowers plasma cholesterol.

In relation to CVD, elevated blood pressure has been shown to be positively associated with higher intakes of red and processed meat, even though the mechanism is unclear, except that possibly meat may substitute for other beneficial foods such as grains, fruits, or vegetables.32 Mean plasma total cholesterol, low - density lipoprotein cholesterol, very - low - density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels were found to be decreased in subjects who substituted red meat with fish.33, 34 Vegetarians have lower arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acid levels and higher linoleate and antioxidant levels in platelet phospholipids; such a biochemical profile may be related to decreased atherogenesis and thrombogenesis.34 - 36

Evidence from some studies48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 has indicated that a high - carbohydrate diet compared with a high - unsaturated - fat diet (ie, MUFA), both of which are low in SFA and cholesterol, can cause an increase in plasma triglyceride concentrations and a decrease in HDL cholesterol levels.

Plasma total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol levels were similar on both diets, although HDL cholesterol was 4 % lower (P = NS) on the high - carbohydrate diet.

Freeland - Graves, J. H., Friedman, B. J., Han, W. H., Shorey, R. L., and Young, R. Effect of zinc supplementation on plasma high - density lipoprotein cholesterol and zinc.

Low - fat diets do not lower plasma cholesterol levels in healthy men compared to high - fat diets with similar fatty acid composition at constant caloric intake