[Lipids and apolipoproteins in relation to the degree of coronary sclerosis].

86 male patients with 0-, 1-, 2- or 3 vascular disease who underwent coronary angiography as well as a control group were examined with regard to their lipoprotein constellation: total (TC-), LDL-, HDL-, beta- and alpha-cholesterol (C); triglycerides; apolipoproteins A, AI and B. Significant differences between the mean values of the control group and the patients with coronary disease were found for the groups with 2- and 3-vascular disease for the following parameters: TC, HDLC, TC/HDLC, LDLC/HDLC, alpha-C, TC/alpha-C, beta-C, alpha-C. The quotients TC/HDLC and TC/alpha-C most closely correlate with the degree of the coronary sclerosis. In the apolipoproteins A, B and the index Apo B/A the patients with coronary disease of the groups 0-3 possess equally lowered or increased serum levels and number values, respectively, in comparison to the control group. The apolipoproteins do not show any relationship to the degree of severity of the coronary sclerosis. By means of the parameters combination (Apo A + TC/alpha-C) with a diagnostic sensitiveness of 0.83 and a specificity of 0.87 a coordination coronary disease--healthy could be performed. The classification according to risks should then be performed by means of a cholesterol quotient (TC/alpha-C or TC/HDLC).