Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with anorexia nervosa.

Background: hypercholesterolemia, hypercortisolemia and low levels of essential fatty acids, oestrogens and antioxidant vitamins are more prevalent in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) than in the general population.

Objective: This study aims (1) to compare cardiovascular risk parameters in-patients with AN and controls, and (2) to compare the parameters in-patients on admission and at four month follow up.

Methods: Blood samples and anthropometry were taken from patients with AN on admission (N=30) and matched controls (N=30).

Cholesterol concentrations in patients with Anorexia Nervosa and in healthy controls.

Unlabelled: Argentinean women have one of the highest international mortality rates for cardiovascular disease and they are particularly vulnerable to eating pathologies. Cardiovascular risk is exacerbated in women with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), since high cholesterol concentrations have been widely reported.

Objectives: To compare blood cholesterol concentrations in AN patients with controls, and to correlate cholesterol with the body mass index (BMI), patient age, vomiting and tobacco.