Effectiveness of education-screening on cholesterol levels of students.
Increases of cholesterol levels from the age of 16 years have been demonstrated in community-based studies. Cholesterol education to students aged 15-17 years in 5 high schools was presented prior to cholesterol screening with the Reflotron. First screening took place in March 1987. An identical program was repeated 11 months later, again followed by screening in March 1988. Of the 5 schools, 2 were assigned to involve teachers. There was a significant cholesterol reduction in these 2 schools, i.e., -17 and -19 mg/dl (p less than 0.05). The effectiveness of the physicians' education and the compliance of the students with the teachers' recommendations certainly must have been enhanced by a different family environment with a higher socioeconomic stratum prevailing in these 2 high schools. However, these factors did not influence the baseline in all 5 schools. In the 3 remaining schools no increases in cholesterol levels expected for this age were observed.
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Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009657:North Carolina; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching
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