title: [Relationship between plasmatic lipids and fat soluble vitamins in Guatemalan periurban elderly].
abstract: The levels of plasmatic lipids and fat liposoluble vitamins were measured in 107 elderlies (29% males, 71% females) who were residents of a poor periurban neighborhood of Guatemala City. The age ranged between 60-103 years (means +/- sd 69 +/- 8). The mean and sd for the plasmatic levels of lipids and vitamins were (ranges in parenthesis): cholesterol 220 +/- 42 mg/dl (128 to 428); triglycerides: 189 +/- 92 mg/dl (54 to 513); retinol 50 +/- 16 ug/dl (4.5 to 103); beta-carotene 17 +/- 12 ug/dl (12 to 60), tocopherol 1.32 +/- 0.36 mg/dl (0.54 to 2.46). A significant correlation was found in both sexes between cholesterol and retinol (r = 0.3, p < 0.05) and cholesterol and tocopherol (r = 0.4, p < 0.05), triglycerides and retinol (r = 0.3, p < 0.05). Cholesterol and beta-carotene was also significant in women (r = 0.5, p < 0.05). The correlation between triglycerides and beta-carotene by gender was not significant.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios en Sensoriopatías, Senectud Impedimentos y Alteraciones Metabólicas, CeSSIAM, Guatemala.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Romero-Abal
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Ramirez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haskell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valdéz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Breuer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schuep
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006166:Guatemala; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014505:Urban Population; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood; D014815:Vitamins / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D014815:Vitamins; D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E; D002338:Carotenoids; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Relación entre lípidos plasmáticos y vitaminas liposolubles en anciano peri-urbanos de Guatemala.