A study was undertaken with an aim to find out the levels of circulating high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and ratio of this fr action to total blood cholesterol in lepromatous leprosy patients before and after drug therapy. The healthy contacts of these patients were considered as control subjects of the study. The subjects were distributed in three groups on the basis of their age. HDL-cholesterol to total cholesterol ratio was significantly raised in both treated and untreated patients in all three groups compared to the healthy controls. The data may explain the low risk of myocardial infarction due to atherosclerosis in leprosy patients.
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