Pharmacotherapy of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia questions with answers 2025/2026
1.Framingham Study: an estimate of the risk of a cardiovascular event
(myocardial infarction or coronary death) within the next 10 years.
2.Framingham risk factors used in the model are:: age
gender
total cholesterol
HDL ("good")
cholesterol systolic
blood pressure
whether a person is on medication to treat high blood pressure
whether the person is a smoker
3.What is xanthelasma?: sharply demarcated yellowish collection of
cholesterol underneath the skin around the eyelids
4. What is Arcus Senilis
What does it indicate?: An accumulation of lipids around the iris. A sign of
very high blood lipids
5.What are triglycerides?: Fat found in animal tissues and plants is in the
form of triglycerides. Triglycerides have three ("tri") fatty acids attached to
a glycerol backbone.
6.Saturated fatty acids contain: Have hydrogen atoms on all available carbon