INVESTIGATIONS INTO HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND ITS POSSIBLE ...
INVESTIGATIONS INTO HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND ITS POSSIBLE ...
INVESTIGATIONS INTO HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND ITS POSSIBLE ...
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Hypertriglyceridemia has been linked to several conditions in dogs (especially<br />
Miniature Schnauzers), including pancreatitis, insulin resistance, hepatobiliary disease,<br />
and ocular disease. 252 The degree of hypertriglyceridemia seems to play an important<br />
role in most conditions. 252,279 Therefore, management of hypertriglyceridemia with a<br />
goal to reduce serum triglyceride concentrations below 500 mg/dL is usually<br />
recommended even when clinical sings are not present. 252 The results of the preset study<br />
suggest that the study diet is effective in lowering serum triglyceride concentrations to<br />
values below the ones considered to be associated with risk for disease (a recommended<br />
cut-off of 500 mg/dL was used in the present study), and in some cases it even led to<br />
normalization of serum triglyceride concentrations.<br />
From each dog in Group 1, 2 samples were collected before the diet change and 2<br />
after the diet change. This was done to ensure that dogs had persistent hyperlipidemia<br />
before the diet change and that some dogs would not spontaneously have serum and<br />
triglyceride concentrations within the reference range. For samples collected after the<br />
diet change, this was done to ensure that any reduction in serum and cholesterol<br />
concentration was not temporary or random. Therefore, each dog served as its own<br />
control. There was no significant difference in serum triglyceride or cholesterol<br />
concentrations between samples 1 and 2 (i.e., before the diet change) or between<br />
samples 3 and 4 (i.e., after the diet change). The fact that significant differences were<br />
detected only when serum triglyceride and cholesterol concentrations were compared<br />
between time-points before and after the diet change strongly suggests that this was due<br />
to an effect of the diet.