Protective Effect of Fermented Camel Milk Containing Bifidobacterium longum BB536 on Blood Lipid Profile in Hypercholesterolemic Rats by Khaled M. El-Zahar, Mohamed F. Y. Hassan, Suliman F. Al-Qaba

“…The percentage change in body weight gain was between −40% (CAP) and −24% (CT) and in serum triglycerides between −54% (CCAP) and −37% (CT); for the other parameters, changes caused by CCAP/CT were −40%/−22% (total cholesterol), +29%/+8% (HDL), −73%/−54% (LDL), −54%/−37% (VLDL), −52%/−14% (AST), −53%/−31% (ALT), +43%/+25% (albumin), +37%/+25% (total protein), −48%/−27% (urea), and −34%/−16% (creatinine). …”
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Prolonged Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Elevation Associated with Isotretinoin Administration by Roya S. Nazarian, Elizabeth Zheng, Caroline Halverstam, Steven R. Cohen, Allan W. Wolkoff

“…Despite its high margin of safety, isotretinoin carries a risk of teratogenicity and mild to massive elevations of serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, as well as infrequent transaminitis. …”
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Reference Intervals of Total Testosterone in Adult Filipino Men by Myrna Buenaluz‐Sedurante, Mark Isaiah K. Co, Daryl Jade T. Dagang, Racquel G. Bruno, Annie Jane N. Sarmiento, Michael L. Tee

“…Clinical history, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure (BP) were obtained, and blood for total testosterone, SHBG, albumin, insulin, fasting blood sugar (FBS), and total cholesterol was collected. Free testosterone was calculated using Vermeulen’s formula. …”
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Dysglycaemia and Other Predictors for Progression or Regression from Impaired Fasting Glucose to Diabetes or Normoglycaemia by L. de Abreu, Kara L. Holloway, Mark A. Kotowicz, Julie A. Pasco

“…Those with fasting dysglycaemia had higher obesity-related factors, lower serum HDL cholesterol, and lower physical activity. Over a decade, the incidence of progression from IFG to diabetes was 18.1 per 1,000 person-years (95% CI, 10.7–28.2). …”
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Functional food products in Japan: A review by Shun Iwatani, Naoyuki Yamamoto

“…Triglycerides, high blood pressure, high LDL-cholesterol, and high blood glucose are mainly associated with the related health claims. …”
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Dissolution improvement of solid self-emulsifying drug delivery systems of fenofi brate using an inorganic high surface adsorption material by Shazly Gamal, Mohsin Kazi

“…Lipid formulation classification systems (LFCS) Type III formulations were designed for the model anti-cholesterol drug fenofibrate. NUS2 was used to solidify the SEDDS/SNEDDS. …”
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Assessment of the Severity of Intermediate Coronary Artery Stenosis Using the Systemic Inflammatory Response Index by Serdar Akyel, Ahmet Korkmaz, Abdülkadir Yıldız

“…Significant differences were observed in the neutrophil count, monocyte count, Systemic Inflammation Response Index (SIRI), total cholesterol, and amount of adenosine used between the groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Statins—Their Effect on Lipoprotein(a) Levels by Marcin Mateusz Granat

“…Patients with elevated lipoprotein(a) levels are often prescribed statins as they also have high concentrations of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Statins are drugs that successfully decrease LDL-C, but their effectiveness in Lp(a) levels reduction is uncertain. …”
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Cardiovascular risk assessment: Missing albuminuria contributing to gender inequality by Patricia de Sequera, Javier Arias, Borja Quiroga, María Benavent, Fabio Procaccini, Iago Romero, Guillermo López, Javier Diez, Alberto Ortiz

“…To these, we may add assessment of blood pressure, serum cholesterol (for familial hypercholesterolemia) and serum glucose for Diabetes. …”
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lncRNA ZFAS1 Promotes HMGCR mRNA Stabilization via Binding U2AF2 to Modulate Pancreatic Carcinoma Lipometabolism by Luoluo Wang, Yi Ruan, Xiang Wu, Xinhua Zhou

“…ZFAS1 gene knockout remarkably suppressed PC cell multiplication and invasiveness and decreased the contents of free fatty acids, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and phospholipids. Mechanistically, ZFAS1 stabilized HMGCR mRNA through U2AF2, thus increasing HMGCR expression and promoting PC lipid accumulation. …”
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Red honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) tea mitigates oxidative imbalance and hyperlipidemia, while improving glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetic rats by Xin Xiao, Ochuko L. Erukainure, Md. Shahidul Islam

“…Five weeks of treatment of RHT led to significant (P < 0.05) elevation in serum insulin, pancreatic β-cell function, HDL-c levels with concomitant decrease in AST, ALT, ALP, urea, CK-MB, fructosamine, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-c, and insulin resistance in diabetic rats. …”
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Predicting Metabolic Syndrome Using the Random Forest Method by Apilak Worachartcheewan, Watshara Shoombuatong, Phannee Pidetcha, Wuttichai Nopnithipat, Virapong Prachayasittikul, Chanin Nantasenamat

“…This study proposes a computational method for determining the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and to predict its occurrence using the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) criteria. …”
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Estimation of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Ernesto Vicente Peña, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…Variables studied were: age, sex, body mass index, nutritional assessment, blood pressure, toxic habits, associated chronic diseases, blood levels of glucose, lipids (total cholesterol and triglycerides) and microalbuminuria. …”
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Effect of Metformin on Anthropometric Measurements and Hormonal and Biochemical Profile in Patients with Prediabetes by Mustafa Safiah, Dana Hyassat, Yousef Khader, Oraib Farahid, Anwar Batieha, Mohammed El-Khateeb, Kamel Ajlouni

“…Metformin use for 12 months resulted in significant reduction in mean fasting blood glucose and HbA1c in females only. Total cholesterol decreased significantly among men only and serum HDL-C showed a significant rise among females only. …”
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Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Alone and Ursodeoxycholic Acid Plus Domperidone on Radiolucent Gallstones and Gallbladder Contractility in Humans by Ilyas Tuncer, Mustafa Harman, Yasar Colak, Ismail Arslan, M. Kursad Turkdogan

“…Fifty-three patients with cholesterol gallstones were randomized into three treatment groups: group I (𝑛=22) was given UDCA (15 mg/kg/day) alone and group II (𝑛=18) was treated with domperidone (30 mg/day) in addition to UDCA. …”
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Physiological, biochemical and genetic bases of amaranth (Amaranthus L.) breeding for food and feed purposes (a review) by A. B. Shcherban

“…These lipid compounds have a number of important properties from the point of view of functional nutrition: as natural antioxidants they bind free radicals, normalize lipid metabolism, and help to decrease blood cholesterol levels. The review focuses on genes that determine the content of the main, valuable biochemical components: squalene, vitamin C, and lysine. …”
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De Novo Atrial Fibrillation Increases Intra-hospital Mortality in Myocardial Infarction with ST Elevation? by Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez, Hugo Cruz Inerarity, Enrique Toledo Rodríguez, Guillermo Quintana Cañizares

“…The studied variables were: age, sex, factors of coronary risk, history of ischemic heart disease, presence of atrial fibrillation, myocardial dysfunction, cardiogenic shock, number of thrombolyzed patients, success of thrombolysis, glycemia values, uric acid, creatinine, cholesterol, triacylglycerides, leukocytes and hemoglobin. …”
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Salmon Muscle Adherence to Polymer Coatings and Determination of Antibiotic Residues by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Selected Reaction Monitorin... by E. Zumelzu, M. J. Wehrhahn, O. Muñoz, F. Rull

“…No evidence of antibiotics was observed on the protective coating in the range between 0.001 and 2.0 ng/mL; however, the presence of proteins, cholesterol, and alpha-carotene was detected. This in-depth profiling of the matrix-level elements is relevant for the use of adequate materials in the canning export industry.…”
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Relationship between Fecal Content of Fatty Acids and Cyclooxygenase mRNA Expression and Fatty Acid Composition in Duodenal Biopsies, Serum Lipoproteins, and Dietary Fat in Colecto... by K. Almendingen, A. T. Høstmark, L. N. Larsen, O. Fausa, J. Bratlie, L. Aabakken

“…In the ileostomy group separately (n=12), the fecal content of arachidonic acid was correlated negatively to the proportions of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid in duodenal biopsies. Total serum-cholesterol was negatively correlated to the fecal content of saturates and monounsaturates. …”
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In Women with Previous Pregnancy Hypertension, Levels of Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers May Be Modulated by Haptoglobin Polymorphism by Andreia Matos, Alda Pereira da Silva, Maria Clara Bicho, Conceição Afonso, Maria José Areias, Irene Rebelo, Manuel Bicho

“…We studied demographic, anthropometric, and haemodynamic biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), myeloperoxidase (MPO), and nitric oxide metabolites (total and nitrites), and others associated with liver function (AST and ALT) and lipid profile (total LDL and cholesterol HDL, non-HDL, and apolipoproteins A and B). …”
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