LIPID PROFILE IN CURRENT SMOKERS WITH COPD
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 62
Abstract
BACKGROUND Atherogenic lipid profile is one of the most important co-morbidities related to COPD. Patients with Atherogenic blood lipid profile are more prone to develop atherosclerosis and subsequently leading to CVD. Lung cancer and cardiovascular complications accounted for nearly two-thirds of all deaths during follow-up of a cohort of mild COPD patients in the Lung Health Study. The aim of this study is to analyse the effect of current smokers of COPD on Lipid Profile. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects of age 40 years and older attending and admitted under the Dept. of Pulmonology, Mediciti Hospitals, Hyderabad are included in the analysis. The subjects will be evaluated on the basis of a questionnaire to assess their Lipid profile and COPD status. The COPD severity will be determined by pulmonary function testing. The patients included will be assessed up to the point of study and progress will be recorded as per the total duration of the study. RESULTS Total number of patients studied (n): 64. Mean age of the patients was 63.76 years. In study population, all COPD patients have low HDL cholesterol with increasing severity of COPD, HDL cholesterol levels are found to be decreasing. All patients have Total cholesterol (CH), triglycerides (TG) and LDL cholesterol within normal limits and their variation with severity of COPD is statistically insignificant. CONCLUSION Smoking is an important risk factor for COPD as well as dyslipidaemia. There was no significant correlation between severity of airflow obstruction and dyslipidaemia. Severity of COPD does not have correlation with Lipid changes, but all COPD patients have low levels of HDL.
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Dasari Nishanth Vundela, Goutam B, Sailaja K
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