| Symptomatic disc herniation and serum lipid levels. | |
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PMID: 21387192 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Insufficient blood supply to the intervertebral disc (IVD) has been proposed to play a role as causative factor in IVD degeneration. There is an association between IVD diseases and increased risk of dying of ischaemic heart disease. Obesity and tobacco are potential risk factors for degenerative IVD disease. High blood cholesterol and triglycerides serum levels are risk factors for atherosclerosis, and could be responsible for a decreased in the blood supply to the already poor vascularized IVD. We performed a frequency-matched case-control study to determine the serum levels of patients with symptomatic herniated lumbar disc. We examined the fasting serum lipid levels in 384 subjects who were operated at our institution. Group 1 included 169 consecutive patients (115 men and 54 women; mean age: 59.1 years, range 29-85) who underwent surgery for symptomatic disc herniation. Group 2 (control group) included 169 patients (115 men and 54 women; mean age: 61 years, range 26-86) who underwent arthroscopic meniscectomy for a meniscal tear in the same period. These patients were frequency-matched by age (within 3 years) and gender with patients of Group 1. Sera were extracted from blood samples and the concentrations of total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) were determined. When comparing the two groups, patients with symptomatic herniated lumbar disc showed statistically significant higher triglyceride concentration (P = 0.02) and total cholesterol concentration (P = 0.01). Serum lipid levels may be a risk factor for IVD pathology. An enhanced understanding of these factors holds the promise of new approaches to the prevention and management of IVD pathology. |
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Authors:
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Umile Giuseppe Longo; Luca Denaro; Filippo Spiezia; Francisco Forriol; Nicola Maffulli; Vincenzo Denaro |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-03-09 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society Volume: 20 ISSN: 1432-0932 ISO Abbreviation: Eur Spine J Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-09-15 Completed Date: 2012-06-19 Revised Date: 2013-02-08 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9301980 Medline TA: Eur Spine J Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1658-62 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Case-Control Studies Cholesterol / blood* Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Hypercholesterolemia / blood, complications, epidemiology Hypertriglyceridemia / blood, complications, epidemiology Intervertebral Disc / blood supply*, metabolism* Intervertebral Disc Displacement / blood*, complications, epidemiology Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Triglycerides / blood* |
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0/Triglycerides; 57-88-5/Cholesterol |
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