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© 1981 Oxford University Press

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Serum Lipids in a Teenage Population: Geographic, Seasonal and Familial Factor

TREVOR J ORCHARD*, MARTIN RODGERS**, A J HEDLEY{dagger} and J R A MITCHELL{dagger}{dagger}

* British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH Present Address: Department of Epidemiology Graduate School of Public Health, Desoto Street, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
** Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH
{dagger} Department of Community Health, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH
{dagger}{dagger} Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH

The lipid results of a cross—sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk factors in over 600 13—18 year olds drawn from general practices in contrasting areas are reported. Differences were noted between the 3 practices, including a significant variation in the blood group distribution. HDL cholesterol showed a marked variation between the 3 practices which was unlikely to be due solely to seasonal variation. Alcohol consumption though not an univariate correlate of HDL cholesterol was however a strong partial correlate, as were age, height, sexual maturation, adiposity and smoking. Using 6 factors in each sex, 13% of the interchild variance of HDL cholesterol in boys could be explained in a multiple linear regression analysis, and 8% in girls. Including the practice variation as a further independent variable increased the explanation to 18% in boys and 15% in girls. An intraclass correlation (sib-sib) of 0.36 was found for HDL cholesterol, suggesting a strong familial influence. The Implications of these results are discussed, along with the difficulties of screening for hyperlipidaemia in this age group.

Received 26 November 1980


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