title: The association between lipid parameters and obesity in university students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Abdominal obesity is associated with high plasma triglyceride and with low plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Objective of the study was to find an association between plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels and anthropometric parameters in abdominal obesity in Slovakian university students. Lipid profile and anthropometric parameters of obesity were studied in a sample of 419 probands, including 137 men and 282 women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Males had higher values of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG) and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) than females, but these differences were not significant. Females had significantly (P < 0.05) higher TC and HDL-C (P < 0.001) than males. In comparison, all anthropometric parameters in the males were significantly (P < 0.001) higher than in the females. A positive correlation between non-HDL-C, TG, VLDL-C and anthropometric parameters (BMI, WC, WHR, WHtR) was found at P < 0.001. LDL was positively correlated with BMI, WCF, WHtR and TC with BMI, WHtR at P < 0.001. We also observed a correlation between TC-WCF and LDL-WHR at P < 0.01. A negative correlation was found between HDL and all monitored anthropometric parameters at P < 0.001. On the other hand, no correlation between TC and WHR was detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows an association between plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels and anthropometric parameters in abdominal obesity in young people, predominantly university students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hertelyova
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salaj
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chmelarova
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dombrovsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, Plzen, Czech Republic.|Biomedical Centre, Faculty of Medicine in Plzen, Charles University in Prague, Plzen, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dvorakova
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic. peter.kruzliak@savba.sk.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kruzliak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013334:Students; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014495:Universities; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides
keywords: Correlation; Lipid profile; Obesity; University students