mild hypercholesterolaemia slightly elevated cholesterol
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy male and female subjects, aged 18-65 years old, with an LDL-cholesterol concentration between 3.0-5.0 mmol/L.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Excluded are persons with a genetic hyperlipoproteinemia like familial hypercholesterolemia, LPL-deficiency, familial dysbeta lipoproteinemia and familial hypertriglyceridemia. Also people with diabetes mellitus, severe hypertriglyceridemia, uncontrolled hypertension or a history of arterial disease including unstable angina, myocardial infarction, recent transient ischaemic attacks or a cerebro-vascular accident, will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The variation in non-cholesterol sterol levels in 160 mildly hypercholesterolaemic subjects. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The differences in genetic polymorphisms in genes coding for NPC1L1 and ABCG5 and ABCG8 proteins between subjects with high and low non-cholesterol sterol levels. | — |
Countries
Netherlands