title: [Concentrations of serum lipids in children with Down's syndrome].
abstract: The level of blood lipids in children with Down's syndrome was determined with the purpose of establishing possible differences in total cholesterol, triglyceride and HDL-cholesterol levels with those of healthy children. LDL-cholesterol fraction was calculated. Blood samples were obtained from 66 healthy children (controls) and 72 patients who suffered from clinically diagnosed Down's syndrome. All the children were grouped according to age. The variables of body weight, height, and blood lipids gave a distribution of values that allows one to distinguish the group of children with Down's syndrome from the normal group. The values obtained for triglycerides, total cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol ranged higher, with a constant deficit of HDL-cholesterol in all age groups. The lipid pattern encountered in the Down's syndrome patient suggests the existence of unknown, possibly genetically determined mechanisms, that provoke a disorder in lipid metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Genética, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zamorano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aspillaga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avendaño
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gatica
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Concentraciones de lípidos séricos en niños con síndrome de Down.