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Variations in lipid levels according to menstrual cycle phase: clinical implications
- Source :
- Clinical lipidology. 6(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Understanding variations in lipoprotein cholesterol levels throughout the menstrual cycle is important because there may be clinical implications regarding the appropriate timing of measurement and implications on the design and interpretation of studies in women of reproductive age. Our objective was to review the evidence comparing lipoprotein cholesterol levels throughout the menstrual cycle among premenopausal women. Overall, lipoprotein cholesterol levels were observed to vary in response to changing estrogen levels. Taken together, the evidence suggests that total cholesterol and LDL-C tend to be highest during the follicular phase and to decline during the luteal phase, with HDL C highest around ovulation. Based on these findings, the menstrual cycle phase should be taken into account when evaluating lipoprotein cholesterol levels among reproductive-aged women. Measuring cholesterol levels during menses is recommended for consistent comparisons as this phase can be more reliably identified than other phases, although women within National Cholesterol Education Program acceptable ranges, but near the boundaries when tested during menses, should undergo additional tests.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.drug_class
Cholesterol
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Luteal phase
Article
Menstrual cycle phase
chemistry.chemical_compound
Endocrinology
chemistry
Estrogen
Internal medicine
Follicular phase
medicine
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Ovulation
National Cholesterol Education Program
Menstrual cycle
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17584299
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical lipidology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2219d5887957b869b8e79a1e37f70da5