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KMID : 0391419930030020191
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Korean Journal of Lipidology
1993 Volume.3 No. 2 p.191 ~ p.203
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Community-based Epidemiol≤gic Study on Serum Lipid Profiles and Their Interaction with other Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Yonchon County
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김현규/박경수/김성연/박영배/조보연/이홍규/고창순/민헌기
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Abstract
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The chronic diseases represent a greater proportion of morbidity as well as mortality, because of rapid modernization and the lengthened average span of life. Data on chronic diseases especially in case of hyperlipidemia are very limited in
Korea.
The
present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of hyperlipidemia and to find out possible cardiovascular risk factors associated with hyperlipidemia in Yonchon County, Kyunggi Province, Korea.
A population-based cross-sectional study by random cluster sampling of registered residents over 30 yr of age was performed. Of the 3804 subjects scheduled for the survey, 2520 underwent the actual examination. The prevalence of
hypercholsterolemia
(serum cholesterol>220 mg/dl) was only 4%, while that of hypertriglyceridemia(serum triglyceride>250mg/dl) was as high as 11.3%. About half of the inhabitants had serum HDL cholesterol levels less than 35 mg/dl. The serum levels of cholesterol,
triglyceride and HDL cholesterol correlated with anthropometric indices, such as body mass index and waist hip ratio. The prevalences of diabetes and hypertension increased as serum cholesterol and triglyceride level increased. Finally, we
identify
central obesity as a significant independent risk factor for diabetes and hypertension.
From these results, we could realize that the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia in Yonchon County was substantially lower than that previously suggested while that of hypertrigyceridemia was very high. But we could also find a varying transition
in
health in Yonchon County, from the rural to the urban area, with the rapid emergence of noncommunicable diseases as a result of modernization.
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