Perfil lipídico de estudantes de nutriçäo e a sua associaçäo com fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares / Lipid profile of nutrition students and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors
Arq. bras. cardiol
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76(2): 137-147, Feb. 2001. tab
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the lipid profile and to verify its relationship with cardiovascular disease risk factors in students at a public university in Säo Paulo. METHODS: After obtaining clinical, anthropomorphic, and lipid profile data from 118 students, variables of the lipid profile were related to other risk factors. RESULTS: The mean age of the students was 20.3 years (SD=1.5). The risk of cardiovascular disease was characterized by a positive family history of ischemic heart disease in 38.9 percent; sedentariness in 35.6 percent; limiting and increased total and LDL-C cholesterol levels in 17.7 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively; decreased HDL-C levels in 11.1 percent; increased triglyceride levels in 11.1 percent; body mass index >25 in 8.5 percent, and smoking in 6.7 percent of the subjects. Students' diet was found to be inadequate regarding protein, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, and fiber contents. A statistically significant association between cholesterol and contraceptive use, between HDL-C and contraceptive use, age and percent body fat, and triglycerides and percent lean weight was observed. CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of some risk factors of cardiovascular disease as well as the association between these factors with altered lipid profiles was observed in the young population studied
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Main subject:
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Lipids
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
University of Säo Paulo/BR
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