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Original Contribution

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Knowledge and Prevalence of Energy Drinks Consumption among King Khalid University Female Students
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Abrar Abdulaziz Sultan, Safar A. Al Saleem, Amani A.M. Osman, Ossama A. Mostafa
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93793

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The safest values of low density lipoproteins in the plasma
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93794

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Prevalence of Symptoms and Risk of Sleep Apnea in the northern Population of Pakistan.
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Faryal Subhani, Usman Ali, Rohan Advani, Muneeb Hussain, Waris Qidwai
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93800

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Assessment of Health-Related Knowledge and Practices among Patients with Peptic Ulcer
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Mohammed Attieh Alzahrani, Khulood Alfageeh, Teaf Thabet, Nadia Ali, Njood Alnahdi, Malak Mohammed, Khalid Yousef Nabrawi, Awad Saeed Alsamghan
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93802

Population and Community Studies

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Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Abdlsatar J. Mathkhor, Abdulnaser H. Abdullah, Amer S. Khudhairy M
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93795

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Kidney stones in children aged less than 5 years in Aden, Yemen
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Ali Ahmed Salem Hatroom
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93796

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The Importance of Screening - Screening Programs in Qatar
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Hana Ansari Hayat
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93799

Education and training

[Abstract]
Emotional Intelligence of Family Medicine Residents in Qatar
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Muna Taher, Mohamed Salem, Hisham El-Mahdi, Eman Fadhel, Teeba Salwan, Kahina Dameche, Ayat Alhakeem, Mansour El-Mahdi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93797

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Personal Development Plan (PDP)
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Shabana Shaheen, Muhammad Hameed
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93801

Case Report

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Unwitnessed Oesophageal Foreign Body Ingestion: A Case Report
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Idris Akinwande, Saad Rehman
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93798

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Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis: A Case Report
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Tahani Magliah, Salwa Bardisi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93803



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April 2020 - Volume 18, Issue 4

The safest values of low density lipoproteins in the plasma

Corresponding author:
Dr Mehmet Rami Helvaci,
07400, Alanya, Turkey
Phone: 00-90-506-4708759
Email: mramihelvaci@hotmail.com

Received: Febuary 2020; Accepted: March 2020; Published: April 1, 2020.
Citation: Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock. The safest values of low density lipoproteins in the plasma. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(4): 18-24 DOI:

Abstract


Background:
We tried to understand the safest values of low density lipoproteins (LDL) in the plasma.

Methods:
Patients with plasma LDL values lower than 80 mg/dL were collected into the first, lower than 100 mg/dL into the second, lower than 130 mg/dL into the third, lower than 150 mg/dL into the fourth, and 150 mg/dL and higher into the fifth groups.

Results: The study included 815 cases (477 females), totally. Parallel to the higher LDL values, the mean age, body mass index (BMI), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), triglycerides, high density lipoproteins (HDL), and white coat hypertension (WCH) were the highest in the fifth and smoking, hypertension (HT), and diabetes mellitus (DM) were the highest in the fourth groups. Whereas chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary heart disease (CHD), and chronic renal disease (CRD) were the highest in the first group in contrast to the lowest LDL and HDL values. Interestingly, FPG, triglycerides, HT, DM, COPD, CHD, and CRD were the lowest in the second group, significantly, and there was no difference according to the mean age and smoking between the first and second groups, significantly.

Conclusions: The highest HT and DM parallel to the increased LDL and HDL and the highest COPD, CHD, and CRD in contrast to the lowest LDL and HDL values may show initially positive but eventually negative acute phase proteins functions of LDL and HDL in the metabolic syndrome. So the safest values of LDL were between 80 and 100 mg/dL in the plasma.

Key words: Low density lipoproteins, high density lipoproteins, negative acute phase proteins, triglycerides, body mass index, smoking, metabolic syndrome

 







 


 

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