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- Title
Demir Eksikliği Anemisi Hastalarında Serum Lipid Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi.
- Authors
TÜLÜBAŞ, Feti; ORAN, Mustafa; METE, Rafet; YILMAZ, Ahsen; YILDIZ, Zeynep Deniz; GÜREL, Ahmet
- Abstract
Objective: Several metabolic pathways are affected by the reduction in the amount of iron in iron deficiency anemia (IDA). As a result, some hormonal control mechanisms, especially carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acid metabolism, are influenced. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of IDA on serum lipid profile. Method: Files of 30 patients with IDA and 30 healthy people (both groups aged 18-60), who consulted to internal medicine and gastroenterology clinic in Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, were scanned. The lipid and blood parameters of these people as well as their demographics were recorded. Results: While serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels were markedly lower in IDA cases than in controls, serum triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) levels did not differ in patients with IDA compared with the control group. Conclusion: It was observed that serum total cholesterol and LDL levels, whose main content is cholesterol, were decreased in IDA. We consider that reduction of iron levels changes cholesterol metabolism.
- Publication
Duzce Medical Journal, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 2, p32
- ISSN
1307-671X
- Publication type
Article