Why the study?
Does natural menopause affect postprandial lipemia in women with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia?
Population
Women with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hFH)
Authors
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Fasting TG may flag abnormal postprandial response in postmenopausal hFH; leaves open menopause's independent causal role.
Does natural menopause affect postprandial lipemia in women with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia?
Postmenopausal women with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia exhibit abnormal postprandial triglyceride responses that may be predicted by fasting triglyceride levels.
Kolovou et al. (2004) studied this question.
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