A Study of the Hypolipidemic Effect of Estrogen in Type III Hyperlipoproteinemia

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Abstract
Ethinylestradiol (1 μg/kg/day during 15 days) resulted in a gradual decrease of serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides (TG), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol and VLDL-TG in 2 postmenopausal women and 2 men with type III hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP). The turnover rate of VLDL-TG did not change. These findings contrast with previous observations in normal subjects and patients with type IV HLP. Thus, the catabolism of VLDL and VLDL-remnants increased during treatment with estrogen in type III HLP, probably by direct degradation of VLDL-remnants because in the initial days of treatment no increase of LDL-cholesterol was observed.

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