Marital Status and Occupation versus Serum Total Cholesterol and HDL – Cholesterol Levels in Healthy Adults from Kano Metropolis, Nigeria
| Autor: | MK Atiku, AB Yusuf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adult male Cholesterol business.industry chemistry.chemical_compound Endocrinology High-density lipoprotein chemistry Total cholesterol Internal medicine medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Marital status lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Occupation Cholesterol Kano Serum Lipid business General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences; Vol 4, No 1 (2011); 110-111 |
| ISSN: | 2006-6996 |
| DOI: | 10.4314/bajopas.v4i1.24 |
| Popis: | The influence of marital status and occupation on serum total cholesterol (TC) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL – CH) concentrations was studied in sixty one (61) adult male and female Hausa subjects aged 20 – 50 years. Irrespective of marital status and occupation, female subjects had higher mean serum TC and HDL – CH levels than male subjects. Married subjects of both sexes had higher mean serum TC and HDL – CH levels than their non – married counterparts. Male subjects (students) had significantly (p Keywords: Occupation, Cholesterol, Kano, Serum Lipid |
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