LIPOPROTEIN(A) AND LIPID ABNORMALITIES IN CHRONIC RENAL-INSUFFICIENCYAND RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION

Objective. To establish the prevalence of lipid and lipoprotein (a) ab normalities in patients under hemodyalisis or who underwent renal tran splantation. Methods. Forty dyalized patients, 64 transplanted and a c omparison group of 77 subjects of the general population paired by gen der and age were studied. Results. The most prevalent disorder in the hemodialysis was hypoalfalipoproteinemia followed by Lp(a) excess whil e the least common disorder was hypercholesterolemia. The transplanted patients had the lowest prevalence of Lp(a) excess and a higher propo rtion of hypercholesterolemia when compared to hemodialysis patients b ut similar to that of controls. Conclusion. Our results confirmed some previous findings observations of others but differed in that hypoalf alipoproteinemia and not hypertriglyceridemia was the predominant abno rmality in the hemodialysis patients.