[Total cholesterol findings in Austria--an overview of epidemiologic studies].
Hyperlipoproteinaemia is the most important public health risk factor for ischaemic heart disease. This publication gives a review of six Austrian epidemiological studies covering more than 87,000 people in all. The results are not representative for Austria, but give a picture of the epidemiology in Austria. Mean values were calculated age-standardized (age-adjusted when ten-year age groups are registered) to the Austrian population of 1985, for the age group 20 to 79 years. This age range covers 99.77% of the adult male population aged 20 or more, and 95.70% of the women. Mean total cholesterol level for the six studies is 224.2 mg/dl in men and 227.3 mg/dl in women. These results are similar to those of a representative study in the province of Vorarlberg in western Austria (220.0 mg/dl, and 227.4 mg/dl respectively). Variation range is 20.4 mg/dl in men, and 22.5 mg/dl in women; the coefficient of variation is 3.9% in both, men and women.
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Institut für Sozialmedizin, Universität Wien.
Kunze
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Bischof
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Gabl
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Holzer
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Junker
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Klein
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Kudlacek
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Schnack
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001317:Austria; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged
D002784:Cholesterol
Gesamtcholesterinbefunde in Osterreich--ein Uberblick epidemiologischer Studien.