PMID: 9555139Apr 29, 1998Paper

Prevalence of discrepant lipid levels in Curaçao

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
C B Leerink, I Gerstenbluth

Abstract

To assess the prevalence of lipid risk factors in Curaçao and to investigate possible interactions with socioeconomic and demographic variables. Cross-sectional population-based study. Public Health Laboratory and Public Health Service, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. In a random sample of persons aged 18 years and over from the population of Curaao, serum levels were measured of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides and, in a smaller number of samples, of lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)). The findings were in persons between 20 and 60 years compared with those reported for a random sample from the Netherlands. Multiple regression analysis was used to study the relationship between the total cholesterol values found and various socio-economic variables (age, sex, education, place of residence, race). Among persons aged 20-59 years serum cholesterol levels were > 6.5 mmol/l in 30 of the 288 male participants (11%) and in 42 of the 427 female participants (10%). Fifty-three of the males (18%) had HDL cholesterol levels < 0.9 mmol/l as against 31 of the females (7%). The distributions of both total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol levels was better in Curaao than in the Netherlands, among males aged 20-2...Continue Reading

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