Open AccessRAISED SERUM CHOLESTEROL;
Author(s) -
Shahbaz Ahmad,
Farah Deeba,
Mazhar Mushtaq,
Ghazala Irshad,
S Hafiz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2012.19.03.2134
Subject(s) - medicine , cholesterol , coronary artery disease , incidence (geometry) , context (archaeology) , serum cholesterol , population , blood lipids , physiology , environmental health , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
Hypercholestrolemia has a strong association with Atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD). It is amajor worldwide health problem and the incidence is rising in Pakistan. Hypocholesterolemic effect of green tea (GT) has been proven invarious research studies in the world. Objective: Present study aims to evaluate this effect in Pakistani population in the context of specificdietary and social habits prevailing here. Setting: The university of Lahore. Methodology: Sixty subjects were included in the study comprisingof thirty healthy subjects and thirty hypercholesterolemic individuals who were not taking any medication to control their serum cholesterol. Theywere all given GT in a dose of 3 gm twice daily for sixty days. Serum cholesterol levels were estimated at day 1 and then every 2nd week till the60th day. Results: Significant lowering of serum cholesterol was observed (p<0.001) in hypercholesterolemic individuals after 60 days. Therewere no side effects reported of GT intake. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that GT can safely reduce the raised serum cholesterol level inPakistani population.