BHAN435 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blood Sugar, Atherosclerosis, Dyslipidemia
22 Feb 2017
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Modifiable and non-modifiable cvd risks: risk factors for cardiovascular disease (cvd, non-modifiable. Systolic: how much pressure exerted on the arterial walls during contraction of the heart: numerator x/120, less than 120 mmhg. Diastolic: how much pressure exerted on the arterial walls while the heart is at rest: denominator 80/x, less than 80 mmhg. Bp examples: 116/78 mmhg (normal, 146/92 mmhg (stg 1 hypertension, modifiable: cholesterol. Bad cholesterol ldl: low density lipoproteins, builds up on the arterial walls making them thick and inflexible, leads to atherosclerosis. Good cholesterol hdl: high density lipoproteins, helps remove ldl from blood stream by carrying it form arteries to liver where it becomes waste, we want high numbers of hdl, modifiable: prediabetes. Optimal levels for fasting blood glucose: 60-99 mg/dl. Prediabetes occurs when fasting blood glucose levels are high (100-125 mg/dl: your body is no longer responding to sugar in the blood stream as it should.
