Serum Cholesterol, Triglyceride, VLDL-c, LDL-c, and HDL-c Levels in Healthy Children

Serum Cholesterol, Triglyceride, VLDL-c, LDL-c,
and HDL-c Levels in Healthy Children

ARIF BAHAR, UFUK SEVGICAN, FERHAN KARADEMIR and ISMAIL GOCMEN

Department of Pediatrics, Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

The aim of this study is to determine the normal values of serum cholesterol, triglyceride, VLDL-C, LDL-C, and HDL-C to obtain the reference values for diagnostic tests in healthy children. The study group included 420 healthy children (209 male, 211 female) ranging from 0 to 15 years. The cases were divided in 4 groups of age: 0-12 month (Group I), 13 month-6 year (Group II), 7-11 year (Group III), and 12-15 year (Group IV). Mean cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-C, LDL-C and VLDL-C levels were 102.01±27.91, 96.32±37.57, 32.13±11.69, 46.64±21.97 and 24.19±10.56 in group I, 142.58±30.12, 91.57±37.27, 45.68±13.86, 78.41±32.23 and 21.55±10.75 in group II, 139.85±28.06, 95.42±43.12, 46.04±14.03, 71.44±27.05 and 21.69±12.51 in group III, and 153.98±26.71, 101.72±46.66, 45.84±13.06, 83.33±27.25 and 25.17±12.66 in group IV, respectively. There is no significant difference in serum lipid levels between males and females in any age groups. Mean values of cholesterol, HDL-C and LDL-C are significantly higher in older age group.

keywords —— childhood; cholesterol; triglyceride; serum lipids

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Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2003, 201, 75-80

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