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What is 'desirable' lipid profile
N Gopinath1, S L Chadha, A Sehgal
1Sita Ram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi.
Indian Heart Journal
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
The lipid profile of subjects with and without coronary heart disease (CHD) was studied in two epidemiological studies conducted in an urban and rural population. The prevalence of CHD was 96.7/1000 in the urban area and 27.1/1000 in the rural area. The lipid levels of the rural population, with an entirely different life style, was significantly lower compared to the urban normal population. The data suggest that if the prevalence of CHD is to be reduced in the urban population, the desirable levels of lipids should be those obtained in the rural normal population rather than the urban, CHD free, population.