Low Density Lipoproteins May Actually Be Some Negative Acute Phase Proteins in the Plasma

There were 75 patients in the first and 118 patients in the second groups. Mean age (45.4 versus 47.9 years) and male ratio (53.3 versus 53.3%) were similar in both groups (p>0.05 for both). Smoking (34.6 versus 31.3%), body mass index (27.2 versus 26.7 kg/m2), fasting plasma glucose (119.4 versus 113.0 mg/dL), white coat hypertension (25.3 versus 32.2%), hypertension (10.6 versus 16.1%), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (14.6 versus 18.6%) were similar in both groups, too (p>0.05 for all). Although triglycerides (162.7 versus 125.4 mg/dL, p<0.001), diabetes mellitus (DM) (21.3 versus 12.7%, p<0.05), and coronary heart disease (CHD) (20.0 versus 11.0%, p<0.05) were higher, low density lipoproteins (LDL) (105.3 versus 126.2 mg/dL) and HDL (34.1 versus 50.0 mg/dL) were lower in patients with plasma HDL values of lower than 40 mg/dL, significantly (p<0.000 for both).