Beneficial changes in serum apo A-1 and its ratio to apo B and HDL in stable hyperlipidaemic subjects after Ramadan fasting in Kuwait

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 508-513

  Akanji, A O ^a   Mojiminiyi, O A ^a   Abdella, N ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabs; Coronary heart disease; Hyperlipidaemia; Lipoproteins; Ramadan

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BEZAFIBRATE; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; ISLAM; KUWAIT; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LOVASTATIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034118680     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601047     Document Type: Article

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