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Albrektsen G, Wilsgaard T, Heuch I, Løchen ML, Thelle DS, Njølstad I, Grimsgaard S, Bønaa KH. Lipid Levels During Adult Lifetime in Men and Women With and Without a Subsequent Incident Myocardial Infarction: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Tromsø Study 1974 to 2016. J Am Heart Assoc 2023:e030010. [PMID: 37449584 PMCID: PMC10382082 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.030010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Background The atherosclerotic effect of an adverse lipid profile is assumed to accumulate throughout life, leading to increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI). Still, little is known about age at onset and duration of unfavorable lipid levels before MI. Methods and Results Longitudinal data on serum lipid levels for 26 130 individuals (50.5% women, aged 20-89 years) were obtained from 7 population-based health surveys in Tromsø, Norway. Diagnoses of MI were obtained from national registers. A linear mixed model was applied to compare age- and sex-specific mean values of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglyceride concentration by MI status (MI versus non-MI). Already from young adulthood, 20 to 35 years before the incident MI, individuals with a subsequent incident MI had on average more adverse lipid levels than individuals of the same age and sex without MI. Analogous to a dose-response relationship, there was a clear trend toward more severe adverse lipid levels the lower the age at incident MI (P<0.001, test for trend through ordered categories <55, 55-74, ≥75 years). This trend was particularly pronounced for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in percentage of total cholesterol (both sexes) and for the relative relationship between triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and total cholesterol level (women). The difference in mean lipid level by MI status was just as large in women as in men, but the age pattern differed (P≤0.05, tests of 3-way interaction). Conclusions Compared with general population mean levels, adverse lipid levels were seen 20 to 35 years before the incident MI in both men and women.
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- Grethe Albrektsen
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences UiT The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø Norway
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- Department of Mathematics University of Bergen Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences UiT The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø Norway
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- Department of Biostatistics Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences UiT The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences UiT The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Images, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
- Clinic for Heart Disease St. Olav University Hospital Trondheim Norway
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Anzai T, Grandinetti A, Katz AR, Hurwitz EL, Wu YY, Masaki K. Paradoxical association between atrial fibrillation/flutter and high cholesterol over age 75 years: The Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Electrocardiol 2020; 65:37-44. [PMID: 33482619 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Several studies have indicated high cholesterol is paradoxically associated with low prevalence of atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF). However, the etiology is uncertain. One potential explanation might be the confounding effect of age exemplifying prevalence-incidence (Neyman's) bias. However, this bias has not often been discussed in depth in the literature. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis to test the hypothesis that there is a paradoxical association between lipid profile and AF prevalence. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study design, using data from the Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program. Participants were 3741 Japanese-American men between 71 and 93 years old living in Hawaii. Serum total cholesterol (TC) level was measured and categorized into quartiles. AF was diagnosed by 12‑lead Electrocardiogram. We categorized age into quartiles (71-74, 75-77, 78-80 and 81+ years). RESULTS We observed opposite associations between AF and TC among different age groups. For participants age ≥75, higher TC levels were paradoxically associated with lower prevalence of AF after multivariable adjustment, i.e. the odds ratios of AF comparing the highest TC quartile with the lowest TC quartile for age 75-77, 78-80 and 81+ years were 0.17 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.06-0.52), 0.28 (95% CI, 0.07-1.09) and 0.14 (95% CI, 0.03-0.62), respectively. Conversely, for those who were 71-74 years old, the odds ratio of AF was 2.09 (95% CI, 0.76-5.75) between the highest and the lowest TC quartiles. CONCLUSIONS There is a paradoxical association of TC with AF in Japanese-American men age ≥75, but not <75 years. The paradox might be explained by Neyman's bias.
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- Tagayasu Anzai
- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 347 N Kuakini St, Honolulu, HI, USA; Kuakini Medical Center, 347 N Kuakini St, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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Ahi S, Amouzegar A, Gharibzadeh S, Delshad H, Tohidi M, Azizi F. Trend of lipid and thyroid function tests in adults without overt thyroid diseases: A cohort from Tehran thyroid study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0216389. [PMID: 31095584 PMCID: PMC6522003 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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CONTEXT While the role of overt hypothyroidism in lipid disorders is clear, the association between dyslipidemia and subclinical thyroid diseases remains unclarified. OBJECTIVE To examine lipid trends based on thyroid function over a 10-year period. DESIGN This is a prospective population based cohort study. SETTING General community. PARTICIPANTS 2383 euthyroid participants, as well as those with subclinical thyroid diseases, in all residents of district 13 of Tehran were examined. Subjects who were on levothyroxine, anti-hyperthyroid drugs, and glucocorticoids, those with a history of thyroid surgery or RAI and pregnant women were excluded. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Lipid trends in Model 1 were adjusted for age and follow up duration, and in Model 2 gender-specific multivariate adjustments were performed for thyroid status, diabetes mellitus, smoking status, education, BMI, lipid lowering medications, age and follow up duration by using generalized estimating equations. RESULTS In every four years of assessments, there were significant decreases in levels of all lipid parameters (all Ps <0.001) except for HDL-C, in which a decrescendo-crescendo trend was observed. The results did not change after adjusting for thyroid status, consumption of lipid lowering drugs during the follow-up period, or other variables. There were significant decreases in the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia (all Ps <0.001) during the follow-up period. CONCLUSION During a 10 year follow-up, decrescendo trends were observed in levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, which were not be accounted for by the consumption of lipid lowering drugs and thyroid status.
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- Salma Ahi
- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasture Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Metabolic Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Schreiner PJ, Jacobs DR, Wong ND, Kiefe CI. Twenty-Five Year Secular Trends in Lipids and Modifiable Risk Factors in a Population-Based Biracial Cohort: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 1985-2011. J Am Heart Assoc 2016; 5:JAHA.116.003384. [PMID: 27381757 PMCID: PMC5015376 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Cross‐sectional analyses suggest that total and low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐c) trends that had been declining are now reversing. We examined longitudinal data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study to examine secular trends in total cholesterol, LDL‐c, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐c), and triglycerides over 25 years. We also assessed whether modifiable lifestyle factors (body mass index, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, and lipid‐lowering medications) are associated with these trends. Methods and Results CARDIA recruited 5115 black and white men and women ages 18 to 30 years from 4 US communities in 1985–1986, and re‐examined them 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years later. Secular trends, modeled as age‐matched time trends, were estimated using repeated‐measures regression stratified on race and sex. Total cholesterol and LDL‐c initially decreased ≈5 to 8 mg/dL between visits before plateauing and moving toward adverse trends in all groups, except black women, by year 25. HDL‐c showed an upward secular trend of 1 to 3 mg/dL between visits starting at year 15 in all groups; triglyceride trends were largely flat. Obesity and use of lipid‐lowering medications, which both increased over follow‐up, had strong independent, but opposite, associations with lipid trends over time. In aggregate, associations of modifiable lifestyle factors counterbalanced one another, minimally influencing secular trends. Conclusions Over 25 years, initially favorable trends in total cholesterol and LDL‐c have leveled off and may be reversing, persisting after control for modifiable risk factors. Factors such as dietary changes over 25 years and poor adherence to medications are candidates for additional investigation.
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MURAKATA YOSHIKO, FUJIMAKI TETSUO, YAMADA YOSHIJI. Age-related changes in clinical parameters and their associations with common complex diseases. Biomed Rep 2015; 3:767-777. [PMID: 26623014 PMCID: PMC4660591 DOI: 10.3892/br.2015.505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to clarify the age-related changes in 13 clinical parameters and their associations with common complex diseases. Study subjects comprised 6,027 community-dwelling individuals who were recruited to a population-based longitudinal genetic epidemiological study. Bonferroni's correction was applied to compensate for multiple comparisons of association and P<0.0011 was considered statistically significant. Body mass index and waist circumference increased with age up to ~50 years and decreased thereafter in men, whereas the two parameters increased linearly with age in women. The prevalence of obesity was highest (41.1%) in men aged 40-49 years, after which it decreased with age. The prevalence of obesity in women increased with age to ≤32.2% in those aged ≥70 years. Systolic and mean blood pressure (BP), as well as pulse pressure, increased linearly with age in all subjects, whereas diastolic BP increased with age up to ~60 years and subsequently decreased. The prevalence of hypertension increased with age to ≤69.9 or 68.5% at age ≥70 years in men and women, respectively. The fasting plasma glucose level, blood hemoglobin A1c content and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus increased gradually with age in men and women. The serum triglyceride concentration increased with age up to ~50 years and decreased thereafter in men, whereas it increased linearly with age in women. The prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia increased to a peak of 56.8% at age 50-59 years and subsequently decreased in men, whereas in women it increased with age to ≤34.9% at ≥70 years. The serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol concentration increased with age up to ~50 years and decreased thereafter in women. The prevalence of hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia increased gradually with age in women. The serum concentration of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol increased with age up to ~50 years and subsequently declined in men, whereas it increased linearly with age in women. The prevalence of hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia increased with age to ≤53.4% at 50-59 years in men and ≤63.9% at 60-69 years in women and it decreased thereafter in the two genders. The serum creatinine concentration and the estimated glomerular filtration rate increased or decreased linearly with age, respectively. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) increased with age to ≤45.1 or 39.6% at ≥70 years in men and women, respectively. Therefore, these results indicate that 13 clinical parameters, as well as the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and CKD, were significantly associated with age. They may therefore prove informative for the prevention of these diseases and contribute to the achievement of a healthy long life and successful aging.
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- YOSHIKO MURAKATA
- Department of Human Functional Genomics, Life Science Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, Institute of Basic Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Inabe General Hospital, Inabe, Mie 511-0428, Japan
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- Department of Human Functional Genomics, Life Science Research Center, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, Institute of Basic Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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Teramoto T, Sasaki J, Ishibashi S, Birou S, Daida H, Dohi S, Egusa G, Hiro T, Hirobe K, Iida M, Kihara S, Kinoshita M, Maruyama C, Ohta T, Okamura T, Yamashita S, Yokode M, Yokote K. The Elderly. J Atheroscler Thromb 2014; 21:180-5. [DOI: 10.5551/jat.19679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Gathercole LL, Lavery GG, Morgan SA, Cooper MS, Sinclair AJ, Tomlinson JW, Stewart PM. 11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1: translational and therapeutic aspects. Endocr Rev 2013; 34:525-55. [PMID: 23612224 DOI: 10.1210/er.2012-1050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) interconverts the inactive glucocorticoid cortisone and its active form cortisol. It is widely expressed and, although bidirectional, in vivo it functions predominantly as an oxoreductase, generating active glucocorticoid. This allows glucocorticoid receptor activation to be regulated at a prereceptor level in a tissue-specific manner. In this review, we will discuss the enzymology and molecular biology of 11β-HSD1 and the molecular basis of cortisone reductase deficiencies. We will also address how altered 11β-HSD1 activity has been implicated in a number of disease states, and we will explore its role in the physiology and pathologies of different tissues. Finally, we will address the current status of selective 11β-HSD1 inhibitors that are in development and being tested in phase II trials for patients with the metabolic syndrome. Although the data are preliminary, therapeutic inhibition of 11β-HSD1 is also an exciting prospect for the treatment of a variety of other disorders such as osteoporosis, glaucoma, intracranial hypertension, and cognitive decline.
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- Laura L Gathercole
- School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston B15 2TH, United Kingdom
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Guan S, Yang J, Tang Z, Fang X, Wu X, Sun F, Liu H, Chan P. The relationship between apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphism and lipid changes: An 8-year cohort study in Beijing elderly persons. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2012; 55:713-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Revised: 12/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Choi SJ, Park SH, Park HY. Increased Prevalence of low High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) Levels in Korean Adults: Analysis of the Three Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES 1998-2005). Osong Public Health Res Perspect 2011; 2:94-103. [PMID: 24159458 PMCID: PMC3766918 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Objectives High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases that has shown a remarkable increase, but little is known about the prevalence of low HDL-C in Korea. This study aimed to evaluate changing trends of low HDL-C prevalence, and indicate other risk factors associated with low HDL-C. Methods We selected subjects aged ≥20 years from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 1998, 2001, and 2005 (n = 7962, 6436, and 6412). The mean level of HDL-C and the prevalence of low HDL-C was calculated, and cardiovascular risk factors associated with low HDL-C, as well as demographic, anthropometric, lifestyle, and nutrition factors, were assessed using the KNHANES 2005 data. Results Mean HDL-C levels in men and women between KNHANES 1998 and 2005 decreased significantly, from 48.1 to 42.3 and from 51.6 to 47.1 mg/dL, respectively (both p < 0.001). The decrease was slightly less for women compared with men for the same period, and women had higher HDL-C levels at all periods. Covariate-adjusted OR revealed that body mass index, waist circumference, and non-alcohol drinker in both men and women were associated with low HDL-C levels by KNHANES 2005, as were employed and light physical activity in men and low fat intake in women. Conclusion The prevalence of low HDL-C increased significantly from KNHANES 1998 to 2001 and 2005 (p < 0.001) in both men and women. body mass index, waist circumference, and non-alcohol drinker were identified as associated with low HDL-C in Korean adults.
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- Sun-Ja Choi
- Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Rare Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Korea
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Rare Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Korea
- Corresponding author.
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Tilvis RS, Valvanne JN, Strandberg TE, Miettinen TA. Prognostic significance of serum cholesterol, lathosterol, and sitosterol in old age; a 17-year population study. Ann Med 2011; 43:292-301. [PMID: 21254906 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.546363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND. Low serum total cholesterol is frequently associated with worse survival in older people, but mechanisms of this association are poorly understood. AIMS. Characteristics of cholesterol metabolism were related to survival in a random 75 + population sample. METHODS. Serum cholesterol and lathosterol, and sitosterol were measured in random persons (n = 623) of birth cohorts (1904, 1909, and 1914) in 1990, and all persons were followed for 17 years. RESULTS. Total cholesterol declined in old age, and low cholesterol was associated with poor health and multi-morbidity. Cholesterol below 5.0 mmol/L was associated with accelerated all-cause mortality (age- and gender-adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.54; 95% CI 1.21-1.97; P < 0.001) and vascular mortality (HR 2.13 (1.42-3.07); P < 0.001). Lathosterol (indicating cholesterol synthesis) and sitosterol (indicating cholesterol absorption) also decreased with deteriorating health. Low lathosterol, sitosterol, and cholesterol predicted mortality additively and independently of each other. When all three sterols were high (> median) or low, the age- and gender-adjusted survival was 9.9 and 5.6 years (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION. Lower synthesis and absorption of cholesterol, and low serum cholesterol level are associated with deteriorating health and indicate impaired survival in old age.
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- Reijo S Tilvis
- Clinic of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Upmeier E, Lavonius S, Heinonen P, Viitanen M, Isoaho H, Arve S, Lehtonen A. Longitudinal changes in serum lipids in older people the Turku elderly study 1991-2006. Age Ageing 2011; 40:280-3. [PMID: 21252037 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Eveliina Upmeier
- Department of Geriatrics, Turku City Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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Kitamura A, Kiyama M, Okada T, Maeda K, Ido M, Nakamura M, Shimamoto T, Iida M, Ishikawa Y. [Trends in cardiovascular risk factors among urban Japanese male employees from 1977 to 2008]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 52:123-32. [PMID: 20379119 DOI: 10.1539/sangyoeisei.b9019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In Japan, there is growing concern that employees' health condition has been worsening under the severe labor conditions of the continuing recent deep recession. To determine trends in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among employees, we analyzed 32 yr of systematic surveillance of urban Japanese employed men. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The surveyed population included male employees aged 40 to 59 yr who worked for four companies, a trading company, two banks and a company maintaining expressways in Osaka. Surveillance of cardiovascular risk factors was conducted from 1977 to 2008. We examined the annual mean values of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, and total serum cholesterol, and the prevalence of hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, alcohol drinkers, and high risk individuals who had two or more risk factors: (high blood pressure, high glucose and dyslipidemia). RESULTS The total number of employees aged 40-59 yr increased from 822 in 1977 to 2,651 in 1992, but then declined gradually to 1,455 in 2008. Among men aged 40-49 and 50-59, the prevalence of hypertension decreased from 25% and 39% in 1977 to 14% and 23% in 1992, respectively. However, the respective prevalence of hypertension started to rise thereafter to 29% and 47% in 2008, accompanied by an increase in blood pressure levels and the prevalence of antihypertensive medication use. Mean body mass index and the prevalence of obesity showed significant upward linear trends from the mid-1980's to 2008. Therefore, we speculate that the increase in blood pressure levels seen after the early 1990's associated with an increase in obesity. However the proportion of hypertension among non-overweight men also increased between the early 1990's and 2008, suggesting other factors are also involved in the increase of hypertension. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and high-risk individuals with obesity also increased in recent years. Mean total cholesterol level showed a linear increase from 195 mg/dl for men aged 40-49 and 196 mg/dl for men aged 50-59 in 1977 to 204 mg/dl and 207 mg/dl in 2008, respectively. The prevalence of high-risk individuals with obesity was 13% for men aged 40-49 and 15% for men aged 50-59 in 2008. Among men aged 50-59, the prevalence of non-overweight high-risk individuals became higher than that of high-risk individuals with obesity over time. CONCLUSIONS Although these findings were limited to the study companies, our data support evidence that Japanese employees have become increasingly at risk of cardiovascular diseases under the severe working conditions experienced since the 1990's. It is important to improve working conditions as well as personally control risk factors from the point of public health.
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- Akihiko Kitamura
- Osaka Medical Center for Health Science and Promotion, Osaka, Japan.
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Teramoto T, Sasaki J, Ueshima H, Egusa G, Kinoshita M, Shimamoto K, Daida H, Biro S, Hirobe K, Funahashi T, Yokote K, Yokode M. Elderly patients. J Atheroscler Thromb 2008; 15:223-7. [PMID: 18981646 DOI: 10.5551/jat.e620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Tamio Teramoto
- Committee for Epidemiology and Clinical Management of Atherosclerosis
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Videan EN, Fritz J, Murphy J. Effects of aging on hematology and serum clinical chemistry in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Am J Primatol 2008; 70:327-38. [DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Naito T, Sawabe M, Arai T, Chida K, Hamamatsu A, Harada K, Ozawa T, Murayama S, Muramatsu M. Dyslipidemia is a major determinant of systemic atherosclerosis in the elderly: An autopsy study. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2007.00410.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Kuzuya M, Ando F, Iguchi A, Shimokata H. Age-specific change of prevalence of metabolic syndrome: Longitudinal observation of large Japanese cohort. Atherosclerosis 2007; 191:305-12. [PMID: 16828779 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Revised: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 05/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To examine real age-related changes in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, we studied longitudinal changes in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a single cohort of individuals. The participants included 112,960 Japanese (70,996 men, 14-94 years and 41,946 women, 17-85 years), who had received annual examinations between 1989 and 2004. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the Japan Metabolic Syndrome Criteria Study Group and the US National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines. Overweight was defined as BMI>or=25 kg/m(2). Longitudinal changes indicated a birth cohort effect in the prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome with a lower or higher prevalence in the younger birth cohort than in the older for females or males, respectively. The estimation of the age-specific prevalence of metabolic syndrome demonstrated that in males, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome increased up to 50 decades of life for the Japanese and 60 decades of life for the NCEP criteria. In females, the prevalence increased with age up to 80 years old for both criteria. The estimated secular trends suggested that the prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome decreased in females and increased in males during study periods.
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- Masafumi Kuzuya
- Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
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Rhoades DA, Welty TK, Wang W, Yeh F, Devereux RB, Fabsitz RR, Lee ET, Howard BV. Aging and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in older American Indians: the Strong Heart Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007; 55:87-94. [PMID: 17233690 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.01018.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe longitudinal changes in the prevalence of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in aging American Indians. DESIGN Population-based ongoing epidemiological study. SETTING The Strong Heart Study is a study of CVD and its risk factors. Standardized examinations were repeated in 1993 to 1995 and again in 1997 to 1999. PARTICIPANTS A diverse cohort of 4,549 American Indians aged 45 to 74 at the initial examinations in 1989 to 1991. MEASUREMENTS Changes in the prevalence of hypertension, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), current smoking, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. RESULTS The prevalence of hypertension rose rapidly and steadily with aging. A nonsignificant decrease in LDL-C was seen in men, and men and women initially had rapid increases in the prevalence of low HDL-C. The prevalence of smoking decreased, but the prevalence of diabetes mellitus continued to rise for men and women. CONCLUSION Overall, unfavorable changes in CVD risk factors were seen in the aging participants and will likely be reflected in worsening morbidity and mortality.
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- Dorothy A Rhoades
- Native Elder Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA.
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Nogi A, Li L, Yang J, Yamasaki M, Watanabe M, Shiwaku K. Enriched n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids of dense LDL subfraction in Japanese women with small, dense LDL categorized by non-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. J Rural Med 2007. [DOI: 10.2185/jrm.2.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Kuzuya M, Ando F, Iguchi A, Shimokata H. Effect of smoking habit on age-related changes in serum lipids: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis in a large Japanese cohort. Atherosclerosis 2006; 185:183-90. [PMID: 16051249 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2005] [Revised: 05/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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To observe the effect of smoking habit on age-related serum lipid levels, we examined a large cohort of Japanese cross-sectionally and longitudinally. The participants included 103,648 Japanese men and women 17-94 years of age, who had received annual health examinations from 1989 to 2003. In cross-sectional analysis, total and LDL cholesterol levels of smokers were lower than those of nonsmokers up to an elderly age in men and up to middle age in women. Smoking was associated with decreased HDL cholesterol levels up to the 65-74 years age group in men and 55-64 years in women. The triglyceride levels were higher in smokers in both genders than those of nonsmokers below 55-64 years. In the longitudinal analysis, although smoking was associated with lower total and LDL cholesterol up to 60 years of age in women, beyond the sixties an inverted association was observed. The associations of smoking with lower LDL cholesterol levels in men and lower HDL cholesterol in both genders were fairly consistent at any given age. The increase of triglyceride levels in female smokers remained rather constant between 25 and 75 years, whereas the increase in triglyceride levels in male smokers was greater with older ages up to middle age. These results suggest that the effect of smoking on the serum lipid levels is dependent on age and gender.
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- Masafumi Kuzuya
- Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
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Lee DH, Ha MH, Kam S, Chun B, Lee J, Song K, Boo Y, Steffen L, Jacobs DR. A strong secular trend in serum gamma-glutamyltransferase from 1996 to 2003 among South Korean men. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 163:57-65. [PMID: 16293720 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) concentration, within its normal range, has recently been proposed as a reliable marker of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress plays a central pathogenic role in many metabolic and/or cardiovascular diseases, incidences of which have recently increased in South Korea. Since serum GGT has strong associations with these diseases and their risk factors, the authors hypothesized a corresponding secular trend of increasing serum GGT levels in South Korea. Study subjects were 8,072 male workers at a large steel company who were aged 24-44 years at baseline and had received annual physical examinations from 1996 to 2003. The secular trend was a 0.1066-units/liter increase in ln(GGT) level per calendar year (a 180% increase during the 7-year follow-up period) (p < 0.01). Adjustment for body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking, exercise, and cholesterol level as time-dependent covariates did not change the results. Although cholesterol is commonly used as a marker of epidemiologic transition, there was a less dramatic secular trend in ln(serum cholesterol) level, and it disappeared after adjustment for the secular trend in serum GGT. These findings suggest that serum GGT concentration can be used as a sensitive marker of epidemiologic transition, and they portend a continuing rise in incidences of metabolic and/or cardiovascular diseases in this population in the coming years.
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- Duk-Hee Lee
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion Research Center, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
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Arai H, Yamamoto A, Matsuzawa Y, Saito Y, Yamada N, Oikawa S, Mabuchi H, Teramoto T, Sasaki J, Nakaya N, Itakura H, Ishikawa Y, Ouchi Y, Horibe H, Kita T. Serum lipid survey and its recent trend in the general Japanese population in 2000. J Atheroscler Thromb 2005; 12:98-106. [PMID: 15942120 DOI: 10.5551/jat.12.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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To determine the recent serum lipid levels and other serum variables in the general Japanese population and trends in their changes over the past 40 years, a nationwide survey of serum lipid levels was conducted in 36 institutes from various districts around Japan in 2000. The total number of subjects was 12,839, aged 4 through 99 years. The mean total cholesterol level was 201 mg/dl; 202 mg/dl in men and 200 mg/dl in women. The mean HDL-cholesterol level was 59 mg/dl; 55 mg/dl in men and 65 mg/dl in women. The mean LDL-cholesterol level was 118 mg/dl; 121 mg/dl in men and 115 mg/dl in women. The mean triglyceride level was 118 mg/dl; 136 mg/dl in men and 92 mg/dl in women. The total cholesterol level slightly increased by 5 mg/dl in 10 years. Although the triglyceride level in women did not change, the triglyceride level in men increased over 10 years, especially in the 30s through 70s age bracket, indicating a possible increase in metabolic syndromes in the future. The present results will become the standard serum lipid level data for the Japanese people, and succeeding 10-year surveys will clarify the trends of lipid levels in this country.
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- Hidenori Arai
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
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Karasik D, Demissie S, Cupples LA, Kiel DP. Disentangling the genetic determinants of human aging: biological age as an alternative to the use of survival measures. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2005; 60:574-87. [PMID: 15972604 PMCID: PMC1361266 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.5.574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The choice of a phenotype is critical for the study of a complex genetically regulated process, such as aging. To date, most of the twin and family studies have focused on broad survival measures, primarily age at death or exceptional longevity. However, on the basis of recent studies of twins and families, biological age has also been shown to have a strong genetic component, with heritability estimates ranging from 27% to 57%. The aim of this review is twofold: first, to summarize growing consensus on reliable methods of biological age assessment, and second, to demonstrate validity of this phenotype for research in the genetics of aging in humans.
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- David Karasik
- Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Research and Training Institute, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA.
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Horiuchi H, Kita T, Mabuchi H, Matsuzaki M, Matsuzawa Y, Nakaya N, Oikawa S, Saito Y, Sasaki J, Shimamoto K, Itakura H. Primary cardiovascular events and serum lipid levels in elderly Japanese with hypercholesterolemia undergoing 6-year simvastatin treatment: a subanalysis of the Japan lipid intervention trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 52:1981-7. [PMID: 15571531 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between serum lipid levels and the incidence of coronary events in older Japanese hypercholesterolemic patients without prior coronary heart disease (CHD). DESIGN Post hoc subanalysis of the results in the Japan Lipid Intervention Trial. SETTING A large-scale cohort observational study conducted throughout Japan. PARTICIPANTS Men aged 35 to 70 and postmenopausal women younger than 70 with serum total cholesterol (TC) level of 220 mg/dL or greater treated for 6 years with low-dose simvastatin (52,421 total patients). After exclusion of 5,127 patients because of prior CHD and 4,934 patients because of incomplete data, 42,360 patients were divided into an older (9,860 patients, aged 65-70, mean age 67.1) and younger (32,500 patients, younger than 65, mean age 54.9) group and analyzed. MEASUREMENTS Fasting serum lipid levels were measured every 6 months. Major coronary events, including fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death as the primary endpoint and other cardiovascular diseases, including onset of angina pectoris, cerebrovascular events, and any causes of death, as the secondary endpoints were monitored. RESULTS Simvastatin treatment in older patients was as safe and effective as in younger patients. Incident rates of major coronary events were 1.30 per 1,000 patient-years in the older group and 0.80 per 1,000 patient-years in the younger group. The incidence of a major coronary event was correlated to serum TC and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in both groups. The absolute risk of major coronary events in the older group was higher than in the younger group at any level of LDL-C, whereas the relative risk increased by 1.7% with an elevation of each 1 mg/dL LDL-C level in both groups. In the older group, the risk of major coronary events also increased as triglyceride level increased, whereas the risk decreased as high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level increased above 60 md/dL. CONCLUSION The LDL-C level-dependent increase of relative risk of CHD was similar in elderly and younger patients, whereas the absolute risk at any LDL-C level in elderly patients was higher than in younger patients.
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- Hisanori Horiuchi
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Horiuchi H, Matsuzawa Y, Mabuchi H, Itakura H, Sasaki J, Yokoyama M, Ishikawa Y, Yokoyama S, Mori S, Ohrui T, Akishita M, Hayashi T, Yamane K, Egusa G, Kita T. Strategy for treating elderly Japanese with hypercholesterolemia*. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2004.00245.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mirjanić-Azarić B, Derić M, Uletilović S, Ivanc M, Sukalo D. [Analysis of lipid status parameters in relation to gender and age in the working population of district of Gradiska]. MEDICINSKI PREGLED 2004; 56:542-7. [PMID: 15080047 DOI: 10.2298/mpns0312542m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this investigation was to establish the frequency of hyperlipoproteinemias, as well as the distribution of desired, elevated and high risk values of certain lipid status parameters among working population of the Gradiska municipality with age and sex distribution. MATERIAL AND METHODS This investigation included 250 workers, 109 male and 141 female, 25-60 years of age of the Gradiska municipality on a regular checkup. Standard biochemical methods were used to determine values of total serum cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. LDL cholesterol and LDL to HDL cholesterol ratio were calculated. RESULTS Total serum cholesterol was elevated in 44.04% of males and 44.68% of females, triglycerides in 20.02% of males and 19.15% of females and LDL cholesterol in 31.96% of males and 21.43% of females. High risk values of total cholesterol were established in 43.12% of males and 39.01% of females, and of triglycerides in 37.61% of males and 9.93% of females. HDL cholesterol was decreased in 55.96% of males and 41.84% of females, while highly decreased values were established only in 5.5% of males and 1.42% of females. Increase of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol correlated with workers' age, but values of triglycerides did not. Hyperlipoproteinemia was evident in 76.4% of examinees. DISCUSSION All tested parameters vary dramatically from desired levels. These results are probably associated with unhealthy food habits and lifestyle. CONCLUSION Our results point to the need to perform regular laboratory diagnostic procedures and routine check-ups in the working population.
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