Hyperlipidemia Literature Review

Review of literature

3.1. Introduction

Hyperlipidemia refers to the elevated level of lipids and cholesterol in the blood and the manifestations of different disorders of lipoprotein. Dyslipidemia also describes elevated Total Cholesterol (TC), Triglycerides (TG), Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) or low levels of High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) (Lucy, 1998). The mechanism of the human body helps to maintain the normal cholesterol. The excess cholesterol, which comes from food and may cause harm. The increased concentration of cholesterol in the blood plasma is one of the major risk factor of cardio vascular diseases and stroke. When there is a high concentration of cholesterol it accumulates in circulating blood, and create plague on the artery

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