A 56-year-old man with a 20-year history of poorly controlled diabetes presents with lipemic plasma and eruptive xanthomas. His total cholesterol is 380 mg/dL, triglycerides are 650 mg/dL, HDL is 22 mg/dL, and calculated LDL is 188 mg/dL. Which of the following lipoproteins is most elevated as a percentage of total triglyceride content?
- A)Chylomicrons
- B)VLDLGABARITO
- C)LDL
- D)HDL
- E)IDL
Explicação
In a fasting patient with severe hypertriglyceridemia (650 mg/dL), elevated triglycerides are primarily from VLDL overproduction, which is characteristic of poorly controlled diabetes with insulin resistance. Chylomicrons would be nearly absent in the fasting ... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →