An Investigation of the Relationship between Serum Vitamin E Status and Coronary Risk Factors in Dyslipidaemic Patients

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Cardiovascular Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, Iran

2 Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, MUMS, Mashhad, Iran.

3 School of Pharmacy, MUMS, Mashad, Iran, Postal Code: 91775-1365

4 Centre for Clinical Science & Measurement, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom

Abstract

Objective
Vitamin E is a major lipid-soluble antioxidant. It has been demonstrated that vitamin E supplementation has a beneficial effect against coronary heart disease (CHD). This study to investigate the effects of coronary risk factors on serum vitamin E status in patients with dyslipidaemia.
Materials and Methods
This tertiary care hospital; case - control study was comprised 237 dyslipidaemic patients and 135 healthy individuals recruited from university and hospital employees. Serum vitamin E concentration was measured using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Results
Compared to the healthy individuals, the dyslipidaemic patients had higher serum vitamin E (p<0.001), but serum vitamin E / total cholesterol ratio did not differ between patients and healthy controls (p>0.05). Serum vitamin E did not differ between subcategories of dyslipidaemic patients with and without coronary risk factors (p>0.05), but Serum vitamin E / total cholesterol ratio was higher in patients with established coronary heart disease (p<0.01), hypertriglyceridaemia (p<0.05) and metabolic syndrome (p<0.05). In the patients there was not a strong association between serum vitamin E or serum vitamin E / total cholesterol ratio and coronary risk factors except for the serum cholesterol.
Conclusion
Serum vitamin E or vitamin E / total cholesterol ratio is not associated with the risk of coronary heart disease. Therefore, higher serum vitamin E or vitamin E / total cholesterol ratio doesn’t seem to have a preventive role against coronary heart disease.

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Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Volume 10, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
October 2008
Pages 206-215

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