title: Serum lipid survey and its recent trend in the general Japanese population in 2000.
abstract: To determine the recent serum lipid levels and other serum variables in the general Japanese population and trends in their changes over the past 40 years, a nationwide survey of serum lipid levels was conducted in 36 institutes from various districts around Japan in 2000. The total number of subjects was 12,839, aged 4 through 99 years. The mean total cholesterol level was 201 mg/dl; 202 mg/dl in men and 200 mg/dl in women. The mean HDL-cholesterol level was 59 mg/dl; 55 mg/dl in men and 65 mg/dl in women. The mean LDL-cholesterol level was 118 mg/dl; 121 mg/dl in men and 115 mg/dl in women. The mean triglyceride level was 118 mg/dl; 136 mg/dl in men and 92 mg/dl in women. The total cholesterol level slightly increased by 5 mg/dl in 10 years. Although the triglyceride level in women did not change, the triglyceride level in men increased over 10 years, especially in the 30s through 70s age bracket, indicating a possible increase in metabolic syndromes in the future. The present results will become the standard serum lipid level data for the Japanese people, and succeeding 10-year surveys will clarify the trends of lipid levels in this country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. harai@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mabuchi
authors.forename: Tamio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Hiroshige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itakura
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horibe
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008055:Lipids