Table 1.

Biochemical Parameters (Concentrations in Blood Plasma) of the Different Study Groups: A significant decrease in plasma cholesterol concentrations (total, LDL and HDL) was observed in the untreated leukemic group as compared to that in the normal subjects. The variation of HDL concentrations remained within normal limits, whereas LDL concentrations decreased to a significantly low value. Only a partial recovery was noted in treated patients. An ANOVA was applied for the statistical evaluation. The data are presented as the mean ± SD for 25 samples from each respective category

Variables in plasma	Normal range (Mean±SD)	1. Control subjects (Mean±SD) (n=25)	2. Untreated patients (Mean±SD) (n=25)	3. Treated patients (Mean±SD) (n=25)	p-value
Total cholesterol	140-250 mg/dl	182.0 ± 21.8	136.5 ± 21.5	168.3 ± 32.1	0.0001
					1 vs. 2 <0.0005
					1 vs. 3 ns
LDL	<130 mg/dl	116.6 ± 21.3	69.0 ± 14.7	109.1 ± 36.0	0.0001
					1 vs. 2 <0.0005
					1 vs. 3 ns
HDL	30-65 mg/dl	39.9 ± 9.0	31.2 ± 6.8	36.4 ± 7.7	0.0043
					1 vs. 2 <0.005
					1 vs. 3 ns

LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein