Prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in a maritime population.
The problem of hypercholesterolemia is of growing concern and public awareness. The cholesterol determinations of 567 maritime personnel, dependent upon a shipboard diet for a major portion of the year, were reviewed. Total cholesterol levels were borderline in 32.7% and high in 28.2% of the population, using definitions of the National Cholesterol Education Program. There was an age-related increase in average total cholesterol levels. The levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in this population are also reported where available. The opportunities for intervention in this population are unique, as are the potential impediments to intervention.
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Division of Federal Employee Occupational Health, US Public Health Service/Region X, Seattle, WA 98121.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology