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Ninety-four consecutive hospital patients aged over 50 years were included in a cross-sectional study. Serum samples were analyzed for coenzyme Q10, α-tocopherol, and free cholesterol levels. Patients who died within a follow-up period of 6 months or had congestive heart failure or severe myalgia, and/or received cytostatic or lipid-lowering drug therapy showed significantly lower free cholesterol-related coenzyme Q10 values. Prospective controlled clinical trials will determine whether coenzyme Q10 has a potential to protect patients from such complications and become a useful therapy.
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Abbreviations
- BHb:
-
blood hemoglobin
- BSR:
-
blood sedimentation rate 1 h
- BMI:
-
body mass index
- SCr:
-
serum creatinine
- SVE:
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serum a-tocopherol, or vitamin E
- SFC:
-
serum free cholesterol
- SQ10 :
-
serum coenzyme Q10
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Jameson, S. Statistical data support prediction of death within 6 months on low levels of coenzyme Q10 and other entities. Clin Investig 71 (Suppl 8), S137–S139 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00226855
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