“…An increased incidence of hyperlipidaemia and hyperlipoproteinaemia in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PVD) has been noted by several authors (1,4,5,15,16,17,22,24). Most of these reports, however, give quantitative information only about total plasma lipids and since most plasma lipids are transported in the form of lipoproteins, it is of major importance that these will be determined.…”