Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to verify the effects of n-3 PUFA in NIDDM patients using relatively low dosage. METHODS: MAIN RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: After the MAXEPA treatment there has been a strong decrease in TG (p < 0.005) and VLDL (p < 0.002) serum levels, accompanied by a significant increase in HDL (p < 0.02). The final-to-baseline TG ratio in individual patients negatively correlated with the relative percentage of EPA in phospholipids after the treatment (p < 0.03; r = -0.474). There was no significant change in serum total cholesterol, fasting glycaemia and glycosylated hemoglobin. There was a slight, but statistically already significant (p < 0.05), rise in LDL. The relative percentage of EPA, docosapentaenoic acid and DHA in serum phospholipids increased sharply (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.001). The increase of n-3 PUFA in individual patients was linked with the decrease in n-6 PUFA (p < 0.001; r = -0.686). The spectrum of the latter has changed also very markedly. The prostacyclin PGI2-to-thromboxane TxA2 ratio increased significantly (p < 0.001). Beneficial effects of n-3 fatty acids have prevailed and this kind of treatment seems very encouraging also in NIDDM patients. The results are logically compatible with other authors' results pattern formed in 1990s. A slight rise in serum LDL needs a more detailed discussion since only its phenotype B ("small dense LDL particles") has been recently found to be atherogenic. (Tab. 2, Fig. 5, Ref. 15.)
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Authors | P Habán, R Simoncic, I Klvanová, L Ozdín, E Zideková |
Journal | Bratislavske lekarske listy
(Bratisl Lek Listy)
Vol. 99
Issue 1
Pg. 37-42
(Jan 1998)
ISSN: 0006-9248 [Print] Slovakia |
Vernacular Title | Vplyv podávania n-3 mastných kyselín na vybrané ukazovatele kardiovaskulárnych rizík u pacientov s diabetom mellitus II. typu. |
PMID | 9588078
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, VLDL
- Drug Combinations
- Fatty Acids, Omega-3
- Fish Oils
- Maxepa
- Triglycerides
- Docosahexaenoic Acids
- Eicosapentaenoic Acid
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Topics |
- Cardiovascular Diseases
(blood, prevention & control)
- Cholesterol, HDL
(blood)
- Cholesterol, VLDL
(blood)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
(complications)
- Docosahexaenoic Acids
(therapeutic use)
- Drug Combinations
- Eicosapentaenoic Acid
(therapeutic use)
- Fatty Acids, Omega-3
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Fish Oils
(therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV
(blood, complications, drug therapy)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
- Triglycerides
(blood)
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