November
2020
- Volume 14, Issue 2
Body
weight and plasma lipoproteins
Mehmet Rami Helvaci (1)
Mehmet Duru (2)
Abdulrazak Abyad (3)
Lesley Pocock (4)
(1) Specialist of Internal Medicine,
MD
(2) Specialist of Emergency Medicine, MD
(3) Middle-East Academy for Medicine of Aging, MD
(4) medi+WORLD International
Correspondence:
Dr Mehmet Rami Helvaci,
07400, ALANYA, Turkey
Phone: 00-90-506-4708759
Email: mramihelvaci@hotmail.com
Received: September 2020; Accepted:
October 2020; Published: November1, 2020
Citation: Mehmet Rami Helvaci et al. Body weight and plasma
lipoproteins. Middle East Journal of Nursing 2020; 14(2):28-34.
DOI: 10.5742/MEJN2020.93787
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ABSTRACT
Background: Body
weight may have some effects on plasma lipoproteins.
Methods: The study was performed
in the Hematology and Internal Medicine Polyclinics on patients
with sickle cell diseases (SCD) and routine check up cases.
Results: The study included
122 patients with the SCD (58 females) and 176 age and sex-matched
control cases, totally. Mean age of patients with the SCD
was 28.6 years. The mean body weight and body mass index were
significantly retarded in patients with the SCD (71.6 versus
57.8 kg and 24.9 versus 20.7 kg/m2, respectively, p= 0.000
for both), whereas the mean body heights wasere similar in
both groups (166.1 versus 168.5 cm, p>0.05). Parallel to
the retarded mean body weight, mean values of the low density
lipoproteins (LDL), high density lipoproteins (HDL), and alanine
aminotransferase were also lower in patients with the SCD,
significantly (p= 0.000 for all). Parallel to the retarded
mean body weight again, mean values of the systolic and diastolic
blood pressures were significanly lower in patients with the
SCD (113.3 versus 118.8 and 72.3 versus 83.6 mmHg, respectively,
p<0.01 for both).
Conclusion: Body weight may
be the major determining factor of LDL and HDL values in the
plasma.
Key words: Body weight, body
mass index,
low density lipoproteins, high density lipoproteins, metabolic
syndrome
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