The effect of elevated blood pressure on risk of cardiovascular and renal disease has been
documented in both observational epidemiologic studies and clinical trials. However, these …

Cardiovascular risk factors as well as morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease
among Turkish adults are herein reviewed. Lipids and lipoproteins are in focus, but other …

This review summarizes available evidence on the role of serum complement component 3
(C3), produced by liver, adipocytes and activated macrophages at inflammation sites, and …

Purpose To detect pathologies in coronary arteries by computed tomography angiography
(CTA) in survivors of childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma who have been treated with …

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of the thermolabile methylene tetrahydrofolate
reductase (MTHFR) mutation on the presence and extent of coronary atherosclerosis in a …

Dysfunction of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles that even become proinflammatory or
lose atheroprotective properties is known through analyses of HDL isolated from diabetic …

Objective: To investigate the distribution of waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio
(WHR), their relationships with a number of established risk factors and their relevance to …

BACKGROUND: Predictive value of apolipoprotein (apo) AI for incident hypertension,
metabolic syndrome (MetS), type 2 diabetes (DM) and coronary heart disease (CHD) needs …

BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for managing dyslipidemia qualify patients for treatment
based on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and other risk factors for …

The prevalance of atherosclerotic vascular disease is unexpectedly high in Turkey despite
its young population, with a median age of 29. The mean total cholesterol is lower than in …