هيپرتري گليسيريدمي و افزايش سرعت رسوب خون

HYPERLIPIDEMIA AS A FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR HYPERSEDIMENTATION

Introduction: There seems to be a correlation between hyper sedimentation (ESR) and hyperlipidemia. This correlation has been reported between hypercholesterolemia and ESR previously but there is no report of relation between hypertriglyceridemia and ESR, which is the main purpose of this study. Methods: We selected two groups of case and control that matched for sex, age and laboratory findings. The exclusion criteria were anemia and positive CRP. The case group included 49 patients and control group 43 persons. (Lipid levels in normal range). Case group subjects were selected randomly but control group matched with them. Results: The male to female ratio was 1 to 5.5 and the mean age was 45±12. We found 40.8% and 9.3% hypersedimentation in case and control groups respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between hypertriglyceridemia and ESR. (.P<0.008) On the other hand, the mean sedimentation rate was higher in case group than the control group. We could not find any previous similar study and this was probably the first one.