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KMID : 0384319920130120935
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
1992 Volume.13 No. 12 p.935 ~ p.942
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Factors related to serum total cholesterol
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Tak Yang-Ju
Yoo Seun-Mi
Cho Be-Long
Song Yoon-Mi
Yoo Tai-Woo
Huh Bong-Ryul
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Abstract
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Background : Recently, disease pattern in Korea is changing with the change of lifestyle, which results in increased mortality rates by atherosclerosis. Hyperlipidemia is the most important risk factor for atherosclerosis. Early detection and lowering of cholesterol level reduces mortality rates from atherosclerosis. Serum total cholesterol is a choice screening test for hyperlipidemia. Our study was done to find the correlations between serum total cholesterol level and other factors expected to have influence on the serum total cholesterol level. Factors such as drinking, smoking, physical activity, diet, blood pressure, and fasting blood sugar level were chosen.
Methods : We measured height, weight, blood pressure, fasting blood sugar and fasting serum total cholesterol level of 445 men who received Employee Periodic Health Examination. Data for drinking, smoking, physical activity, and diet were collected through interview by three residents of family medicine.
Results : Correlation coefficients with serum total cholesterol level was 0.213 for age, 0.266 for Body Mass Index, 0.196 for systolic blood pressure, 0.144 for diastolic blood pressure, 0.233 for fasting blood sugar.(P<0.05) Drinking, smoking, diet had low correlation with serum total cholesterol. Serum total cholesterol level was not affected by the level of exercise.(P>0.05)
Conclusion : Age, blood pressure, Body Mass Index, blood sugar level had weak correlation with cholesterol but drinking, smoking, diet, physical activity had no relationship with serum total cholesterol.
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KEYWORD
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Colesterol, Body Mass Index, Drinking, Somoking, Diet, Exercise
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