Measurement of Apolipoprotein B May Predict Acute Coronary Syndrome in Hyper-triglyceridemic Young Population.

The purpose of this study is to measure apolipoprotein B (ApoB) in hyper-triglyceridemic (HTG) young people of Bangladesh for predicting risk of acute coronary syndrome. This case-control study was carried out in Department of Cardiology, of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital within the period from June 2009 to May 2010. A total 50 case of 18-45 years of age with first attack of acute coronary syndrome admitted in coronary care unit and 50 healthy controls of same age and sex distribution were studied. Twenty (40%) of the studied case and 21(42%) of controls had hyper hyper-triglyceridemia, of those 18(90%) of HTG cases and 12(57.1%) of HTG controls had hyper-ApoB condition. The present study shows significant association of apolipoprotein B as an independent determinant and estimation of ApoB may be an alternative tool for predicting risk of development of acute coronary syndrome in hyper-triglyceridemic young people.