Abstract
Background: The COPD patients are expected to have a deranged lipid profile for various reasons like smoking, aging, and using such drugs as steroids. Aims of study to estimate the lipid profile level in COPD patients.
 Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 50 COPD patients and including 50 control were enrolled in the study.
 Results: The lipid profile in COPD patients, unpaired t test was performed and it was observed that COPD patients showed significantly higher serum levels of TC, TG, LDL and serum concentrations of HDL were also decreased significantly compared to controls.
 Conclusion: COPD patients showed significantly higher serum cholesterol level in COPD patients as compared to controls.
 Keywords: Total cholesterol, TG, COPD.
Highlights
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/ or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases[1].Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multisystem condition defined as “a preventable and treatable disease with some significant extra-pulmonary effects that may contribute to the severity in individual patients.” Its pulmonary component is characterized by airflow obstruction that is usually progressive and not fully reversible
Aims of study to estimate the lipid profile level in COPD patients. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 50 COPD patients and including 50 control were enrolled in the study
The lipid profile in COPD patients, unpaired t test was performed and it was observed that COPD patients showed significantly higher serum levels of TC, TG, LDL and serum concentrations of HDL were decreased significantly compared to controls
Summary
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/ or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases[1]. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multisystem condition defined as “a preventable and treatable disease with some significant extra-pulmonary effects that may contribute to the severity in individual patients.”. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accounts for almost three million (5%) deceases worldwide in 2015. This disease is likely to increase in the coming years due to the growing prevalence of smoking and population aging in many countries. There are limited number of studies investigating dyslipidemia in the COPD patients. The COPD patients are expected to have a deranged lipid profile for various reasons like smoking, aging, and using such drugs as steroids
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