A survey of prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia and low HDL in the population of Isfahan with age over 20 years
| Autor: | Sarrafzdegan N, Mohammadifard N, Rafiy M |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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| Zdroj: | Tehran University Medical Journal, Vol 56, Iss 2, Pp 49-56 (1998) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1683-1764 1735-7322 |
| Popis: | Regarding the importance of cardiovascular disease in the health of societies, Hyperlipidemia is considered as an important risk factor. One of the case recently put forward in the fat profile, is high TG (triglycerides) and low HDL-C (High Density Lipoprotein). Nowadays, we believe that TG without the presence of low HDL-C is not considered as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. So it was decided to perform a descriptive study to define the prevalence of this syndrom, like other risk factors, in urban population of Isfahan. Samples were selected by random sampling method and the sample size, to have reliability of 95%, was about 1200 from the people over 20 year old in 6 age groups and 2 sexes. After inviting the people while going fast (about 14 hours), a questionnaire including perfect identifications was filled and blood factors include total cholesterol, TG, LDL-C (LOW Density Lipoprotein), HDL-C and F.B.S (Fasting Blood Sugar) were measured. Then the statistical analyzing of data was done to define the relation between TG and HDL-C. Regarding the coefficient of correlation and P.value |
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