Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Accumulating data suggests that post-prandial hypertriglyceridemia is important in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis, and thus cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to assess the acute effect of the orlistat vs placebo on post-prandial triglyceride (TG) level in diabetic and non-diabetic obese patients.Research Design and Methods: Study population consisted of 49 patients with obesity (25 non-diabetics, 24 diabetic). Patients wer...