脂質研究クリニック 超脂血症と低脂血症のプログラム基準値
JAMA
|October 14, 1983
まとめ
北米の集団におけるコレステロールとトリグリセリドの新しい基準値は,ハイパーコレステロレミアと診断された若い個人が多く,ハイパートリグリセリデミアと診断された成人が少なくなる可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 心血管の健康について
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- クリニカル生化学 臨床生化学
背景:
- 確立された血脂質分布は,脂質不全症の診断に極めて重要です.
- 以前の基準値は,現在の人口の健康状態を正確に反映していない可能性があります.
- 北米の人口は,多様な脂質プロファイルを示しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 血脂質の新たな年齢および性別別基準値を確立する.
- 超脂血症と低脂血症の診断に対する新しい基準値の影響を評価する.
- 脂質障害の集団スクリーニングのための最新のガイドラインを提供すること.
主な方法:
- 血コレステロールとトリグリセリドの分布を分析した結果,北米の10地域から60,502人の参加者を対象に実施した.
- 白人の参加者7055人のランダムサンプルで,脂質タンパク質コレステロールのレベルを測定.
- 収集されたデータに基づいて,新しい年齢および性別別基準値の選択.
主要な成果:
- 超脂血症と低脂血症の診断のための新しい基準値が決定されました.
- これらの値を実装すると,若い人における高コレステロール血症の診断が増加する.
- 成人の間でハイパートリグリセリデミア診断の有意な減少が予想されています.
結論:
- アップデートされた基準値は,不脂血症の正確な診断に不可欠です.
- 提案された基準値は,集団ベースのスクリーニングの結果を変更します.
- これらの発見は,現在の高脂血症と高トリグリセリデミアの診断基準を再評価することを必要としています.
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