Effects of age, sex, and menopausal status on blood cholesterol profile in the korean population.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

To investigate age-specific and sex-specific distributions of blood cholesterol in the general Korean population.

Subjects and methods

We analyzed data for 8284 men and 9246 women aged ≥10 years who participated in the fifth (2010-2012) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Age-specific means, medians, and selected percentiles were calculated for men, premenopausal women, and postmenopausal women.

Results

Median total cholesterol (TC) level increased with age across all age groups, from 147 to 196 mg/dL in males and from 159 to 210 mg/dL in females. Triglyceride (TG) levels increased with age in females; however, in males, TG levels rapidly increased during young adulthood, peaked at 50-54 years, and then decreased. High den

SUBMITTER: Park JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4372980 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature