The correlation between serum concentrations of apolipoprotein A5 and severity of coronary atherosclerosis

Objective To study the relationship between severity of coronary artery lesion and serum level of apolipoprotein A5 (ApoA5). Methods The level of serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-den-sity lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C ), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C ), apolipoprotein A1 ( APOA1), apolipoprotein B (APOB) ,Lipoprotein(a) and uric acid(UA) were examined in 114 patients with coronary heart disease(CHD) and 40 healthy control subjects;Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods was used to determine APOA5. The eoronay heart disease patients were divided into tree groups by the severity of coronary artery lesion: that is one, two and three vessel lesion. Results Compared with control group, APOA5, ApoA1, HDL-C lev-el of CHD groups were lower(P 0.05 ). In the subgroups of CHD patients, The serum APOA5 concentrations were signficant different between the CHD patients and control group( F=18.605 ,P<0.01 ). Along with the severity of coronary artery,the level of ApoA5 concentrations had a lower trend. The level of ApoA5 was negatively correlated with serum TG level ( r=-0.208, P=0.040) and LP (a) ( r=-0.088, P <0.001). The level of APOA5 had a positive correlation with the serum HDL-C (r= 0.241, P = 0.016). Conclusion There is negative correlation between severity of coronary artery lesion and serum level of ApoA5. The decrease of ApoA5 maybe a risk factor. Key words: Coronary heart disease;  Apolipoprotein A5;  Triglyceride;  Blood lipids