1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Govt. Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri
2Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, KAPV Govt. Medical College, Trichy
3Retd. Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Physiology, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
*Corresponding author: Dr. G Kannan, M.D., Address: Department of Physiology, Govt. Dharmapuri Medical College, Dharmapuri Mobile no: 09884549772, E-Mail ID: drkannan2008@yahoo.in
Online published on 2 August, 2016.
To assess the serum lipid profile in Parkinson's disease patients.
This study was carried out in the Department of Neurology, Kilpauk Medical College on thirty patients with Parkinson's disease. Thirty normal subjects aending the master health checkup was taken as control. Serum lipid profile was estimated by Colorimetric method in the Biochemistry laboratory, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai.
The different parameters were analyzed by two sample‘t’ test. Results derived by statistical analysis of data are presented in tables. Serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol& triglyceride levels are significantly decreased in patients with Parkinson's disease. Serum HDL cholesterol does not differ significantly in Parkinson's disease patients from controls.
Apo E-2 allele, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides
