title: [Lipid levels of a healthy population in the region of Extremadura].
abstract: We present the results of the first epidemiological study on lipidic levels among a healthy population from Extremadura. The study included 1.128 subjects, 520 males and 608 females, distributed by age and sex. Average total cholesterol levels were 228 +/- 40 mg/dl among middle-age and 215.6 +/- 43 mg/dl among women. We observed a significant reduction of these figures in ages above 60. In addition, we observed significant differences in HDL-Ch levels between men and women from all ages, with higher values among women and we only observed significant differences regarding total cholesterol levels between men and women in the 20-29 and 40-49 age-groups. Total cholesterol levels were higher than 220 mg/dl in more than half the studied population between 40 and 60 years of age and higher than 250 mg/dl in 20% of the subjects in such age groups. These data suggest the need for dietary changes in near 70% of the population if cholesterol levels are to approach the recommendations of the Sociedad Española de Arteriosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital del Insalud de Mérida, Badajoz.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sáenz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández de los Ríos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cabanillas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rodilla
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piñán
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol