[Comparative study concerning food intake in a group of people with dyslipidemias vs. a control group in the Targu Neamt area]. / Studiu comparativ privind aportul de alimente la un lot de persoane cu dislipidemii fata de un lot martor, din zona Târgu Neamt.

UNLABELLED: The aim of the study was to find a correlation between the consumption frequency of the main food groups and the presence of dyslipidemia as compared to a control group without dyslipidemias. MATERIAL AND METHOD: For this study we have considered a number of 678 people, divided in two groups: 339 with dyslipidemias and 339 without dyslipidemias, each of the two groups comprising 137 subjects from the rural area and 201 from the urban area, through the questionnaire method. RESULTS: The involved people have been questioned about the consumption of milk and related products (cheese), meat and related products (beef and pork), fish and related products and fruits. Regarding the fruit consumption, in the urban area, we have found slightly increased values in the witness group of the percentages of those who eat them daily and 4-6 times a week as compared to the group with dyslipidemias.

[Comparative study of the anthropometric parameters in a group of people with dyslipidemias and a control group]. / Studiu comparativ al indicatorilor antropometrici intre un lot cu dislipidemii si un lot martor.

UNLABELLED: The aim of the article was to study comparatively the variation of the anthropometric indexes (BMI - body mass index, waist circumference) in a group of people with and without dyslipidemias. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The data (age, sex, location, weight, height, waist) was obtained through the inquiry method, within the statistical processing, using the Pearson Chi-Square Test. A group of 678 people, out of which 339 people with dyslipidemias and 339 without dyslipidemias, was included in the study, the two groups being chosen so as to have an equal number of participants, according to age and sex. Each of the two groups was made up of two sub-groups: one from an urban area and one from a rural area. RESULTS: The hypotesis regarding the existence of a higher percentage of people suffering from I degree obesity (24.5%) was confirmed in the case of the group with dyslipidemias as compared to the control group (5%), the percentage of the people with normal weight being much smaller in the case of the dyslipidemic people (20.6%) as compared to the normal ones (45.7%).