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?

  1. A)Chylomicrons
  2. B)VLDLGABARITO
  3. C)LDL
  4. D)HDL
  5. 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 →

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