ea0029p308 | Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Lipid Metabolism | ICEECE2012
Rasic-Milutinovic Z.
, Tica J.
, Gluvic Z.
, Popovic-Radinovic V.
, Vujovic M.
, Lackovic M.
, Samardzic V.
, Popovic T.
, Glibetic M.
Background: Serum paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) activity is decreased in clinical conditions associated with low high density-cholesterol (HDL-C), increased lipid peroxidation and low-grade chronic inflammation such as in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although many studies have shown that some poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) modulate cardiovascular risk in T2DM, until now there is no data about the association of any fatty acid (FA) with PON-1 activity. This study aims to inves...