Browsing by Subject "Cholesterol"

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    • Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors among University Female Students 

      Aziz, Hassan A; Gomaa, Abdel-Salam ( Radcliffe Medical Press , 2017 , Article)
      Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a main cause of morbidity and mortality globally. High levels of cholesterol are considered a major risk factor of CHD. This study sought to find out the prevalence of high ...

    • Fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians 

      Tayyem, Reema F.; Al-Shudifat, Abdel-Ellah; Hammad, Shatha; Agraib, Lana M.; Azab, Mohammed; ... more authors ( Aula Médica Ediciones , 2020 , Article)
      Introduction: dietary fat has been reported as one of the significant risk factors in the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Objective: this study aimed at assessing the possible association between fat intake ...

    • Impact of phospholipids, surfactants and cholesterol selection on the performance of transfersomes vesicles using medical nebulizers for pulmonary drug delivery 

      Iftikhar, Khan; Needham, Rachel; Yousaf, Sakib; Houacine, Chahinez; Islam, Yamir; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      The aim of this study is to formulate and optimize novel transfersome formulations for pulmonary drug delivery. Transfersome formulations (F1 – F18) were prepared by a thin-film method using three phospholipids (Soya ...

    • Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis 

      Kanoni, Stavroula; Graham, Sarah E.; Wang, Yuxuan; Surakka, Ida; Ramdas, Shweta; ... more authors ( BioMed Central , 2022 , Article)
      Background: Genetic variants within nearly 1000 loci are known to contribute to modulation of blood lipid levels. However, the biological pathways underlying these associations are frequently unknown, limiting understanding ...

    • Lipid profile in Parkinson's disease: The potential role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor 

      Mahmoud A., Alomari; Khalil, Hanan; Khabour, Omar F.; Alzoubi, Karem H. ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      BackgroundParkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease manifested as increased tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is essential for neurocognitive function. ...

    • Optical Non-invasive Technique for Cholesterol Detection in Blood 

      Prasad, D N; Al-Maadeed, Sumaya; Abdul Muthalif, Asan; Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)
      The aim of this research is to design and develop a non-invasive cholesterol sensor based on the principle of light absorption. The current existing invasive methods can be replaced with non-invasive techniques. The ...