Purpose: to assess prevalence of dyslipidemia in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) older than 75 years as well as to evaluate possible associations between serum lipids and various cardiovascular and other diseases in these patients.
Methods: We enrolled in this cross sectional study 555 hospitalized IHD patients aged 75-98 years (mean age 86.8 years, 74.5 % women). Levels of lipids (total cholesterol [TC], triglycerides [TG], low and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDLC, HDLC]) were measured by enzyme method on the biochemistry analyzer Konelab 60i.
Results: Elevated TC; hypertriglyceridemia and elevated LDLC were observed in 13.3, 10.4 and 26.3 % of patients, respectively. In the majority of patients severity of dyslipidemia was mild. With increasing age serum levels of TC and LDLC decreased. Negative correlation between TC level and patient's age was significant (r= -0.13; p=0.001). Mean TC level was 5.43, 5.0 and 4.7 mmol / l in patients aged.
Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; cholesterol; ischemic heart disease; lipid profile; old age.