Study of MDA, Antioxidant Vitamins, Lipoproteins Serum Levels and Anthropometry Parameters in Coronary Artery Disease PatientsMasoud Pezeshkian1, Mohammad Nouri2, Mahein Zahraei3, Abbas Afrasiabi1, Naser A. Abadi41Department of Heart Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 2Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 3Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
To compare the serum level of MDA (malondialdehyde), antioxidant vitamins, lipoproteins and anthropometry parameters, of 40 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and at least one vessel stenosis more than 70% and 40 healthy persons (control group) with mean age of 53.7±9.45 years were selected for this study. All patients and the healthy controls were evaluated in aspects of anthropometry parameters including weight, height, Basal Metabolic Index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio, angiographic status of coronary arteries (only in patient group), serum levels of triglyceride, cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL2, HDL3, MDA and vitamins E and C. Results showed that BMI and waist to hip ratio in patients were significantly elevated in control group (p<0.01) whereas serum levels of antioxidant vitamins were lower (p<0.001). Serum levels of MDA in the patients were increased significantly in comparison with the control group (p<0.001). LDL/HDL ratios were higher and Vitamin E/Cholesterol ratios were lower of patients compared to the control group. These results suggest that decrease of antioxidant vitamins and increase of MDA serum levels play important roles in the pathogenesis of CAD. Keywords: Vitamin E, Vitamin C, lipoproteins, antioxidants, malondialdehyde.
Masoud Pezeshkian, Mohammad Nouri, Mahein Zahraei, Abbas Afrasiabi, Naser A. Abadi. Study of MDA, Antioxidant Vitamins, Lipoproteins Serum Levels and Anthropometry Parameters in Coronary Artery Disease Patients. Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 2001; 14(1): 5-8
Corresponding Author: Mohammad Nouri, Iran |
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