HDL cholesterol and intravenous fat tolerance in dialysis patients.

Serum cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol and HDL triglyceride concentrations were determined in 27 dialysis patients and the same number of control subjects. Fat tolerance tests were performed in all dialysis patients and repeated 15 minutes after 100U/kg of heparin given intravenously in haemodialysis patients. Dialysis patients had higher serum triglyceride, lower HDL cholesterol, higher HDL triglyceride concentration, and lower fractional clearance rates of Intralipid than the control subjects.