Abstract

MOREJON REINOSO, Olga  and  TRIANA MANTILLA, María Eugenia. Importance of the interpretation of the total cholesterol and triglyceride content for the diagnosis of dyslipidemias. Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.1, pp. 54-63. ISSN 1682-0037.

Objective: to describe the importance of right interpretation of the total cholesterol and triglyceride content for the diagnosis of the dyslipidemias. Methods: evaluation of 2 159 results of study of lipid analyses made at the laboratory of biochemistry of the Institute of Angiology and Vascular Surgery from January 2008 to January 2009. The experts' recommendations and diagnosticians' references were used to decide whether the results were positive or not. Results: it was found that the cholesterol indexes were positive in 32 % of the analyses according to the recommendations and in 9.96 % according to the references. Similarly, triglycerides indexes were positive in 43.14 % and 38.96 %, respectively. These findings indicated that applying the criteria of the diagnosticians' references, hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia was not duly diagnosed in 68.88 % and 9.68 of analyses, respectively. According to the experts' recommendations, the order of frequency of dyslipidemias was hypertriglyceridaemia (42.42 %), hypercholesterolemia (30.33 %) and combined hyperlipidemia (27.25 %). Considering the severity of the two first, it was observed that hypercholesterolemia was mild (59.89 %), moderate (31.59 %) and severe (8.52 %) whereas hypertriglyceridemia was moderate (51.67 %) and severe (48.33 %). Conclusions: the correct interpretation of results of the lipid study is highly significant and represents a social contribution to diagnosis of dyslipidemia.

Keywords : hypercholesterolemia; hypertriglyceridaemia; dyslipidaemias.

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