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Investigations Survey on Prevalence of Cardiac Disease and its Risk Factors in Adults in Turkey: 4. Blood lipid Levels [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1991; 19(2): 88-96

Investigations Survey on Prevalence of Cardiac Disease and its Risk Factors in Adults in Turkey: 4. Blood lipid Levels

Altan ONAT1, Günsel ŞURDUMAVCI1, Mustafa ŞENOCAK1, Ender ÖRNEK1, Mehmet İŞLER1, Ufuk ÖZIŞIK1, Yaşar KARAASLAN1, Yavuz GÖZÜKARA1, Veyis TAŞKIN1, Fehmi TABAK1, Özden ÖZ1, Remzi ÖZCAN1

Prevalence of various risk factors were sought in a representative sample of Turkish adults during a survey of 3689 subjects aged 20 years and over. This report describes data on plasma lipids (total cholesterol, TC, and triglycerides, Trg) which were determined by a portable analyzer (Reflotron). Mean TC values (in mg/dl) were low in the age group 20-29 years: 149 in men, 151 in women. Middle-aged men reached a plateau at a level of 188 mg/dl, whereas women attained their peak (204 mg/dl) in the age group 50-59. Participants from the Marmara, Aegean and Black Sea regions combined exhibited a mean level 10.3 mg/dl higher than those of the remaining four regions (p<0.01). Since a TC concentration of 240 mg/dl or over was found in % 6.8 of the sample (95 % confidence interval 6 and% 7.7), it was estimated that approximately 2.0 million Turkish men and women may be categorized as such. Serum Trg disclosed a lognormal distribution. The median and 95 percentile values were 119 and 314 mg/dl in men, 97 and 250 mg/dl in women. This indicated that, while Turkish men had slightly elevated Trg values in international comparisons, our women had higher levels than even British women. Participants from urban areas showed a significantly higher mean Trg concentration than those from rural areas. A strong relation existed between body mass index and Trg levels in Turkish adults. Hypertriglyceridemia (defined as >200 mg/dl) prevailed in % 9.8 of adult women and% 14.8 of men.


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Altan ONAT, Günsel ŞURDUMAVCI, Mustafa ŞENOCAK, Ender ÖRNEK, Mehmet İŞLER, Ufuk ÖZIŞIK, Yaşar KARAASLAN, Yavuz GÖZÜKARA, Veyis TAŞKIN, Fehmi TABAK, Özden ÖZ, Remzi ÖZCAN. Investigations Survey on Prevalence of Cardiac Disease and its Risk Factors in Adults in Turkey: 4. Blood lipid Levels. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1991; 19(2): 88-96
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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