Serum lipid pattern in urban and rural thai population.

Abstract

SummarySerum cholesterol, triglyceride, phospholipid, total lipid and weight to height ratio were studied in 172 individuals from Bangkok, mainly university staff, and in 247 individuals from rural areas of northeast The lipid status in human blood is mainly investigated in western countries and there with respect to various forms of hyperlipidaemia. This is related to common diseases like coronary heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipoproteinaemia and obesity (1). Publications dealing with the lipid status in epidemiological studies not directly related to risk of the above-mentioned diseases are rare and are also concentrated mainly to industrialized countries (2-4). There are almost no available data concerning the lipid status from developing countries. The present study was undertaken in order to start a collection of base line data for the lipid pattern in Thai populations and to correlate serum levels of cholesterol, triglyceride, phospholipid and total lipid to different socio-economic classes found in urban and rural populations. MATERIALS AND METHODSThe subjects who participated in this study were as follows: a total of 172 persons, 101 males and 71 females, mainly lecturers and staff members

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