The Correlations Between Concentrations of Myeloperoxidase, Serum Amyloid-A Protein and Scretory Phospolipase A-2 with Proinflammatory HDL in Healthy Male Person

BACKGROUND: Low-HDL cholesterol is a risk factor of CAD. Although levels of HDLC are within normal limit in some patients, they suffer CAD. These normal HDL-C levels might become pro-inflammatoric. This study is to measure the correlations between myeloperoxidase (MPO), serum amyloid-A (SAA) protein, and secretoryphospholipase-A2 (sPLA2) with inflammatory status of HDL-C. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study recruited 49 subjects with high HDL-C (>40 mg/dL) and 31 subjects with low HDL-C (p