Medicina, Vol. 49 No. 2, 2013.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
The prevalence of dyslipidemia among students from University of Rijeka
Jasminka Giacometti
orcid.org/0000-0002-3388-4645
; Odjel za biotehnologiju Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka
Alena Buretić-Tomljanović
; Zavod za biologiju i medicinsku genetiku, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka
Sažetak
Aim: To explore the prevalence of dyslipidemia and to determine specific anthropometric
and physiologic features and their correlation with nutritional and other lifestyle habits
of the student population from University of Rijeka, Croatia. Patients and methods: 38 women
and 15 men participated in the study. At first, they fullfilled the questionaire about their
nutritional and lifestyle habits. Blood levels of the glucose, total cholesterol and triglicerides,
systolic and diastolic blood pressure, puls values and several anthropometric values were
measured thereafter using The Accutrend® Plus cardiovascular screening analyser, fully automatic
wrist cuff blood pressure monitor, and digital personal balance. The results were compared
between sexes. Results: The mean values of biochemical and physiologic characteristics
were in the normal range in both sexes. Nutritional and other lifestyle habits did not significantly
differ between men and women. Unregular consumption of the fruits and vegetables
was correlated with higher blood glucose and total cholesterol level in men and women, respectively
(P1=0.01 and P2<0.01). In women, several anthropometric variables, such as lower
percentage of body water and higher percentage of body fat, were correlated with the periodical
consumption of alcohol (P < 0.001). In men, consumption of alcohol was associated
with higher diastolic blood pressure. Anthropometric, biochemical and physiologic features
showed moderate intercorrelation in both sexes (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Dyslipidemia, higher
level of blood glucose, total cholesterol and blood pressure, that are known predictors of cardiovascular
disease in later life, were not found in our student sample. However, biochemical,
physiologic and anthropometric characteristics of the population of youger adults showed significant
correlations with bad nutritional habits and consumption of alcohol.
Ključne riječi
anthropometric variables; dyslipidemia; nutritional habits; other lifestyle habits; prevention
Hrčak ID:
103484
URI
Datum izdavanja:
5.6.2013.
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