Blood tests
low-density lipoproteins, Dyslipidemia
DYSLIPIDEMIA
The following blood tests were assessed in a fasting state: lipids, serum creatinine, glucose, and insulin (Cobas e411 and Cobas Integra 400 plus, Switzerland; reagents from Roche-diagnostics, Germany). The lipid panel included the total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoproteins (LDL). Dyslipidemia was diagnosed when the total cholesterol was 6.0 mmol/l and higher and/or LDL was 3.0 mmol/L and higher or in case of the intake of hypolipidemic drugs [