Although atherosclerosis is a multifactorial disease, it is nevertheless clear now that cholesterol plays a central role in the atherogenic process. Many epidemiologic and clinical studies support that coronary risk rises progressively with an
increase
in cholesterol level, particularly when cholesterol levels rise above 200 mg/dl and that lowering total cholesterol levels will reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease. Dietary therapy is the cornerstone of cholesterol-lowering treatment.
But in
Korea, studies treatment of hyperlipidemia have mainly focused on drug therapy. To evaluate the lipid-lowering effect of diet therapy, thus, I enrol 72 persons(male; 66, female;7) whose fasting blood cholesterol or triglyceride are more than
200mg/dl
the study groups and inform them of diet education. Follow up laboratory studies are done after 4 months of diet education. Among the 59 hypercholesterolemic persons(≥200 mg/dl) and the 28 persons w3ith hypertriglyceridemia(≥200mg/dl) receiving
diet
education, reduction of mean serum total cholesterol and triglyceride are 30%(P<0.001) and 17%(P>0.05%), respectively. In conclusion, diet education alone significantly decrease serum lipid level in hyperlipidemic patients.
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