[Correlation between various lipid and apolipoprotein parameters and clinical severity in arteriopathy of the lower limbs].

We have compared the serum levels of lipids (cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol), apolipoproteins (Apo Al and Apo B) and two ratios (HDL cholesterol/VLDL + LDL cholesterol and Apo Al/Apo B) between a population of 180 patients with atheromatous member lesions, divided into four sub-groups with respect to clinical severity, and one of 121 controls without lesions. It seems that the most discriminative values linking to the severity of atherosclerotic manifestations are levels of Apo B, ratio Apo Al/Apo B and with a lower efficiency ratio HDL cholesterol/VLDL + LDL cholesterol.