title: Levels of cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and apoprotein-HDL in an Australian rural population.
abstract: Serum levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and apoprotein-HDL (apo-HDL) have been measured in adults of Busselton, Western Australia (males, n = 1600; females, n = 1968) and the distribution of values by age and sex are reported. The data confirm previously reported trends with age for cholesterol and reveal strikingly different ranges and trends with age for triglyceride between males and females, mean values in males increasing more rapidly with age and showing greater variation and more marked positive skew. Mean HDL-C values show little change with age in males, and a slight rise with age in females, up to the 7th decade, and then a fall. Apo-HDL levels show very similar distributions to HDL-C in each sex.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001059:Apoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001315:Australia; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001059:Apoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol