Hypercholesterolemia is an important atherogenic risk factor in type II diabetes, and
although coronary artery disease (CAD) is frequent in these patients, it is not known whether
cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism differ in patients with (CAD+) and without CAD
(CAD−). Our aim was to study cholesterol metabolism and lipoprotein kinetics in mildly
hypercholesterolemic type II diabetic men with and without CAD under similar dietary
conditions. Despite similar serum and lipoprotein cholesterol levels, and kinetics of total and …