[The relation between lipoprotein fractions, sex and IHD in patients with primary hyperlipoproteinemia].

The evidence of known risk factors in 228 patients with primary hyperlipoproteinaemia was analysed in relation to the ECG-findings. In 34% of the patients symptoms of the ischaemic heart disease were present. In these cases the ischaemic heart disease prevailing rates for the HLP-types IIa and IIb were higher for the male sex, in the HLP-types III-V, on the other hand, higher for the female sex. With the appearance of the hypertriglyceridaemia, independent on the HLP-type, an increasing reversion of the sex ratio became evident. The total cholesterol level scarcely allowed evidence on the coronary risk in HLP-patients. The importance of the HDL-cholesterol as indicator of risk must be regarded in connection with the actual triglyceride values as well as with sex. Thus the general validity of the HDL-cholesterol was relative.