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HYPERLIPOPROTEINAEMIA AND DIETARY FAT MODIFICATION IN HAEMODIALYSIS AND RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Wahlqvist Mark L.,
Hurley Brian P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb99138.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , triglyceride , hemodialysis , gastroenterology , transplantation , cholesterol
A group of patients in a haemodialysis and renal transplant programme have been assessed for the frequency of lipid abnormalities. Hypercholesterolaemia was not a significant problem amongst haemodialysis patients, but mild hypercholesterolaemia was common amonst transplant patients. Mild hypertriglyceridaemia was a feature of both haemodialysis and transplant patients. Irrespective of initial lipid values, each patient was advised to undertake dietary fat modification for a period of eight months. There was a small significant lowering of plasma triglyceride values in the haemodialysis group. It is concluded that major lipid abnormalities are not a feature of this group and that the return for dietary fat modification is small, although occasional individual patients may warrant hypolipidaemic therapy.