Frequency of low HDL-C levels in patients suffering from acute coronary syndrome.

Abstract

Objective: To find out how often patients with acute coronary syndrome have low HDL-c values. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department of Cardiology, Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad. Period: 29^th May 2021 to 28^th November 2021. Methods: Patients taking lipid lowering drugs, pregnant females and familial hyperlipidemia were excluded. Early morning fasting lipid profile along with HDL-c level was sent to hospital pathology lab. The reports were collected and interpreted by the researcher himself as per operational definition. Frequency of low HDL-c in patients of ACS was noted. Results: A total of 384 patients presenting in emergency with acute coronary syndrome of age 30-80 years of either gender were included. Age range in this study was from 30 to 80 years with mean age of 57.51±7.50 years. Majority of the patients 248 (64.58%) were between 56 to 80 years of age. Out of the 384 patients, 227 (59.11%) were male and 157 (40.89%) were females with male to female ratio of 1.4:1. Mean BMI was 30.67 ± 3.72 kg/m2. Frequency of low HDL-c levels in patients suffering from acute coronary syndrome was found in 172 (44.79%) patients. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that many of patients suffering from acute coronary syndrome have a low frequency of low HDL c levels.