CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CAMPINAS, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

• Autor(a) principal: MOURA, Erly Catarina
• Data de Publicação: 1997
• Outros Autores: Yumi NAKAMURA, Sheila, de Sousa Vala ROMERO, Valéria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/9985
• topic: colesterol; trigtycerides; studentes; child; cross-sectional studies; colesterol; triglicérides; estudantes; criança; estudos transversais

However, cholesterol leveI in childhood is a predictive factor of cholesterol leveI in aduhhood and this knowledge can help in the development ofpreventi\'e strategies. A cross sectional study with schoolchüdren was developed to determine the cholesterol, lipoprotein cholesterot and trigtyceride levets. Blood samples were conecte'd after overnight fast and were anatyzed according to international procedures. The data show that mean levels ofcholesterol (143mg/dt) , HDL-cholesterol (35mg/dl) and triglycerides (61 mg/dt) are under the ones mentioned in the literature. The mean level of LDL-chotestero! was 96mg/dl and of VLDL-cholesterol was 12mg/dl. The girls presente(1 higher chotesterol and LDL-chotesterol levels than the boys between 8 and 9 years old. The results suggested a prevatence of 13.5%, of hyperchotesterotemia among the school children examined. Father studies of Brazilian children are necessary.