Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cardiovascular Disease

Table 4

Dyslipidemia and EPCs.

Study	Population	Effect on EPCs number
Hill et al. [9]	CVR	↓ CFU-EC
Chen et al. [65]	CAD	↓ in culture
Werner et al. [25]	CVD	↓ CD133+
Rossi et al. [68]	High cholesterol levels	↓ CD34+/CD133+

CAD: coronary artery disease, CVR: cardiovascular risk, and CVD: cardiovascular disease.