title: [Assessment of the risk of cardiovascular disease on the basis of total serum cholesterol in a population of young Danish women and men].
abstract: In this investigation the distribution of total cholesterol in the serum in a population of 364 medical students in the age group 22-32 years is assessed. The average value was 5.27 mmol/l for women and 5.08 mmol/l for men. 5% of the women and 2% of the men had values which exceeded 7.0 mmol/l and were thus in a group where treatment with diet or medicine may be considered, according to the recommendations from the Danish Association for Internal Medicine. In the group investigated here, the authors did not find any significant change in total cholesterol with age and, similarly, no significant seasonal variation was encountered.
authors.affiliation: Odense Sygehus, klinisk kemisk afdeling.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hørder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Risikovurdering for hjerte-karsygdom på basis af serum total-kolesterol i en population af yngre danske kvinder og maend.