Estrogen administration is known to increase serum triglyceride concentrations. This study measured changes in lipoproteins of patients with prostate cancer treated with estrogen to determine whether the increased triglyceride concentrations are associated with atherogenic lipoprotein patterns.
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Allied Health Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Tokyo 113-8519, Bunkyo, Japan.
