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The relationship between retinol-binding protein 4 and apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins is attenuated in patients with very high serum triglycerides: A pilot study
- Source :
- Hormones; January 2016, Vol. 15 Issue: 1 p99-105, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The investigation of the association between retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) and lipoproteins in subjects with hypertriglyceridemia. DESIGN: Forty-six obese or overweight hypertriglyceridemic patients were studied at baseline and 20 of them underwent a hypocaloric low-fat diet for 3 months. RESULTS: Plasma RBP4levels were positively correlated with serum triglycerides (TG) in the subgroup of patients with TG <200 mg/dL (r=0.453, p=0.039) and negatively correlated with TG in patients with TG ≥200 mg/dL (r=−0.487, p=0.019). In the subgroup with TG <200 mg/dL, subjects with circulating RBP4above the median 46 mg/L had higher levels of intermediate density lipoprotein-cholesterol (IDL-C), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (ApoB), while these differences were absent in patients with TG ≥200 mg/dL. The associations of percentage changes of circulating RBP4with the percentage changes of LDL-C, very low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (VLDL-C) and ApoB were positive after the first month and 3 months of diet for patients with baseline TG <200 mg/dL, while no correlations existed for patients with TG ≥200 mg/dL. CONCLUSIONS: The positive association between circulating RBP4and ApoB-containing lipoproteins in a steady metabolic state, as well as during a hypocaloric diet, appears to be attenuated in patients with very high TG.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11093099 and 25208721
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Hormones
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs46189556
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03401408