HDL cholesterol levels are 43% higher in healthy people compared to patients with gastric cancer

This study was published in Hepato-gastroenterology 2003 Dec;50 Suppl 2:cclxxiii-cclxxv.

Study title and authors:

Serum paraoxonase levels in gastric cancer.

Akçay MN, Yilmaz I, Polat MF, Akçay G.

Ataturk University Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15244199

High density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels were measured in 20 patients with gastric cancer and in 20 age-and gender-matched healthy controls.

The study found that HDL cholesterol levels were 43% higher in healthy people compared to patients with gastric cancer.

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