Rukhshan Khurshid, Gul-e Raana, Muhammad Mustansar, Asima Malik.
To Study the Role of Serum Biliurbin and Lipoproteins in Prediction of Ischemic Heart Disease.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;8(1):9-11.

Objective: To determine if serum bilirubin, when combined with various risk factors like lipid and lipoprotein predicts ischemic heart disease (IHD). Material & Methods: Hundred patients with IHD were included in the study from in and out patient departments of Medicine. 25 normal subjects were studied as controls. The traditional risk factors like cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), cholesterol/HDL-C ratios, triglycerides as well as serum bilirubin, albumin and creatinine were determined by standard methods. Besides, age, cigarette smoking, and systolic blood pressure were also recorded. Results: It was observed that the bilirubin is negatively correlated with hemoglobin, albumin, HDL and LDL-cholesterol. On the other hand a direct correlation with total lipid, cholesterol and ratio of cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol is also observed. High level of serum creatinine level was also found in the patients as compared to normal subjects. Conclusion: No definite relationship between serum bilirubinand IHD was observed.

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