Lipid profile and atherogenic indices in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Background and aims Limited number of studies investigated lipid profile in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with inconsistent results. This study aimed to investigate lipid parameters in sera of patients with stable COPD and their associations with disease severity, smoking, comorbidities and therapy. Methods and results The study included 137 COPD patients and 95 controls. Triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density...