[Lipid profile among school children in Campinas, Brazil]
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E C Moura1, C M de Castro, A S Mellin
1Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil. lymoura@aleph.com.br
Objective:
To describe the lipid profile and the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia among schoolchildren aged 7 to 14 years in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Methods:
Plasma cholesterol levels, fractions, ratios and triglycerides were determined according to age and gender in a total of 1,600 schoolchildren. Hypercholesterolemia was considered borderline for 170 mg/dl= cholesterol <185 mg/dl, moderate for 185 mg/dl pound cholesterol <200 mg/dl and severe for cholesterol >/=200 mg/dl.
Results:
Schoolchildren presented a cholesterol mean of 160 mg/dl, HDL-cholesterol mean of 49 mg/dl, LDL-cholesterol mean of 96 mg/dl, VLDL-cholesterol mean of 16 mg/dl, triglycerides mean of 79 mg/dl, cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol mean of 3.5 and LDL-cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol mean of 2.1. In general, females had higher cholesterol and triglycerides values than males. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia was 35.0%: 15.6% was borderline high, 9.8% moderate and 9.5% severe. Females presented higher prevalence of hypercholesterolemia than males.
Conclusions:
The results pointed to the emergence of hypercholesterolemia as a public health problem in Brazil.
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