The effects of risk factors on carotid atherosclerosis in familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) remain unclear. We assessed carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque in relation to classical risk factors and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) and B (apoB) levels in patients with FCHL.
Unitat de Lípids, Servei d'Endocrinologia i Nutrició, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain. mjunyent@clinic.ub.es