triglyceride

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) generally affects the heart and blood vessels. Elevated serum lipids level is widely accepted as one of the major causes of cardiovascular disease. In current study serum cholesterol level and serum triglyceride level were evaluate in cardiovascular patients. Fifty male and female patients were included in the study and relation between age, gender and disease was also checked. The results showed that males are more prone to cardiovascular diseases (62%) as compared to females (38%). Patients having age between 46-56 years (44%) and between 57-70 years (32%) are more affected than other age groups. Most of the cardiovascular patients have cholesterol level higher than normal level (200mg/dl). Triglyceroids level was also observed higher than normal level (