RESUMO
We measured fasting serum total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), and low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C and HDL-C) levels in 5000 individuals. Coronary artery disease (CAD) was present in 31%. Compared with women, men had lower mean TC, LDL-C and HDL-C and higher mean TG. Optimal TC level was observed in only 46% of men and 41% of women, and optimal TG in 42% of men and 50% of women. Only 3% of men and 12% of women had HDL-C > 60 mg/dL. Mean TC was not different in CAD patients and those without CAD, but mean TG was significantly higher and mean HDL-C was lower. In all age groups, low HDL-C was more prevalent among men and women who had CAD.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana/epidemiologia , Hiperlipidemias/epidemiologia , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Análise de Variância , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Colesterol/sangue , HDL-Colesterol/sangue , LDL-Colesterol/sangue , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/etiologia , Jejum , Feminino , Humanos , Hiperlipidemias/sangue , Hiperlipidemias/complicações , Hiperlipidemias/diagnóstico , Jordânia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Vigilância da População , Prevalência , Análise de Regressão , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Triglicerídeos/sangueRESUMO
We measured fasting serum total cholesterol [TC], triglycerides [TG], and low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C and HDL-C] levels in 5000 individuals. Coronary artery disease [CAD] was present in 31%. Compared with women, men had lower mean TC, LDL-C and HDL-C and higher mean TG. Optimal TC level was observed in only 46% of men and 41% of women, and optimal TG in 42% of men and 50% of women. Only 3% of men and 12% of women had HDL-C > 60 mg/dL. Mean TC was not different in CAD patients and those without CAD, but mean TG was significantly higher and mean HDL-C was lower. In all age groups, low HDL-C was more prevalent among men and women who had CAD
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Colesterol , HDL-Colesterol , LDL-Colesterol , Triglicerídeos , Doença da Artéria Coronariana , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Idade , Distribuição por Sexo , LipídeosRESUMO
A hospital-based case-control diarrhoea survey was conducted in Cairo, Egypt to determine the age-specific frequency of campylobacter infection among diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic children aged new born to 5 years. Campylobacter was the most common bacterial enteropathogen isolated from diarrhoeic stools. The overall prevalence of campylobacter isolations was 25.9% from stools of 143 diarrhoeic children compared to 15.2% of 132 non-diarrhoeic control children (P = 0.028) during the 4-month period of study. Children less than 1 year of age were at greatest risk of campylobacter infection with 32.6% of diarrhoeic patients culture positive, compared to 14.3% of controls. Asymptomatic shedding in controls was positively associated with a recent diarrhoeal episode (P = 0.019) and may be an important source of new infections.
