A prevalence survey of lipids abnormalities of rural area in Amphoe Phon, Khon Kaen.
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| ID: sea-43293
ABSTRACT
A population survey in 13 villages and 3 sub-districts of a rural area in Amphoe Phon, Khon Kaen showed that mean cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level were 163.0 +/- 35.3 and 29.6 +/- 9.1 mg/dl respectively which is very low compared to Bangkok and other affluent countries. The cholesterol level in females was higher than in males (male 158.0 +/- 33.2, female 166.6 +/- 36.4) and the HDL-C level in males was higher (30.2 +/- 9.0 vs 29.1 +/- 9.2). The cholesterol level increased with age and obesity while HDL-C decreased with obesity. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and low HDL-C was 3.0 and 74.9 per cent respectively. The diet of the survey population was high in carbohydrate (80% of calories) and fat intake was very low (8% of calories). The factors which were associated with high cholesterol levels were age, female sex, obesity and increased fat intake while those of low HDL-C were obesity and being a farmer. The low fat intake may explain for the low total cholesterol, HDL-C HDL-C/cholesterol ratio observed in our population compared to other studies.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Thailand
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Cholesterol
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Incidence
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Adult
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Developing Countries
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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