In premenopausal women cardiovascular disease is rarely encountered, but after menopause the prevalence of cardiovascular disease increases drastically. There are several risk factors for cardiovascular disease, known as traditional risk factors, among others body fat concentration, age, duration of menopause, body mass index (BMI), and estradiol concentration. Cardiovascular disease is conside…
Research on the effect of black soybean extract feeding on Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) level of rat has been done. Twenty four male white Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) divided into three groups randomly, were given high fat diet to induce hypercholesterolemic condition. Hypercholesterolemic condition was gained after feeding high fat diet content for 4 weeks (a month). After a month the fir…
Prevalence of vascular atherosclerosis in Indonesia was improving, not only in human but also in animal. The most important cause of this disease is high cholesterol blood level. The aim of this study was to know effect of black soybean supplementation to HDL level in rat induced by high fat diet. Twenty four male white Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) divided into three groups randomly, were gi…
Aim To find out the relationship between inflammation and insulin resistance with impaired HDL biogenesis that cause low HDL-c concentration Methods Using a cross-sectional design, this study involved 163 adult men, aged 25-60 years old with metabolic syndrome (IDF criteria, 2005), without liver and kidney dysfunction. This study was undertaken in Jakarta in the year 2007-2009. ~easured indica…