The concentration of serum lipids and lipoprotein in children with high and normal blood pressure and in obese and normal weight children

Abstract

The differences in the concentration of serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), β-lipoprotein (β-Lipo), and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) between the high blood pressure group and the normal pressure group, and between the obese group and the normal weight group were investigated by measuring the atove-mentioned values in 371 children aged 3–14 in Wuhan. It was found that children with high blood pressure had higher serum β-Lipo, but lower HDL-C and HDL-C β-Lipo than those with normal blood pressure. The obese group had higher β-Lipo but lower HDL-C/ β-Lipo than the normal weight group. The method stepwise regression was used to detect the factors influencing blood pressure and HDL-C in the 371 children. The results obtained show that there exist risk factors contributing to coronary heart disease in children.

Keywords

lipid / lipoprotein / cholesterol / coronary heart disease / cardiovascular risk factors

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