Lipids and Women's Health, 1991

Lipids and Women's Health is an up-to-date critical review of pertinent scientific and clinical issues connected with lipid disorders in women. Topics discussed include the public health significance of cardiovascular disease in women, lipoprotein and lipid metabolism, effects of estrogens and progestins on lipid metabolism, metabolic changes of menopause, and the paradox of obesity, a curable disease that is rarely cured, as well as those conceptual advances in our understanding of diabetes mellitus that have clarified diagnosis and may have improved treatment. The relationship of diet and lipid intake to the development of breast and uterine cancer; dietary and drug treatment of lipid disorders; effects of exercise, smoking, and stress; and repercussions of lipid disorders on the family are explored. The volume should prove of use to gynecologists, internists, family practitioners, and pediatricians, as well as to all other professionals with a major concern for the health of female patients.

1 Introduction.- 2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Women.- 3 Lipoprotein and Lipid Metabolism: Basic and Clinical Aspects.- 4 Use of the Clinical Laboratory for Lipid Evaluation.- 5 Sex Steroids and Lipoproteins.- 6 Metabolic Changes of Menopause.- 7 Androgens in Women: Their Effects on Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism.- 8 Diabetes Mellitus in Women.- 9 Obesity in Women.- 10 Lipids, Obesity, and Female Reproductive Cancer.- 11 Dietary Treatment of Lipid and Lipoprotein Disorders.- 12 Drugs in the Management of Lipid Disorders.- 13 Life-Style and Lipids.- 14 Lipids and Women’s Health: Family Aspects.- 15 Conclusion: A Comprehensive Approach to Women’s Health.