Evaluation of Serum Lipid Levels in Children

This study aimed to establish reference values for serum levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in children. The study included samples from 4,102 healthy children (2,003 boys and 2,099 girls) ages 1–1...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Pediatric cardiology 2013-03, Vol.34 (3), p.566-569
Main Authors: Can, Murat, Piskin, Ethem, Guven, Berrak, Acikgoz, Serefden, Mungan, Gorkem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Analysis
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Children's furniture
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, HDL - blood
Cholesterol, LDL - blood
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia - blood
Hypercholesterolemia - diagnosis
Lipoproteins, HDL - blood
Lipoproteins, LDL - blood
Low density lipoproteins
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Reference Values
Risk Assessment
Sex Factors
Triglycerides
Vascular Surgery
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study aimed to establish reference values for serum levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in children. The study included samples from 4,102 healthy children (2,003 boys and 2,099 girls) ages 1–18 years. The serum levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and HDL-C were determined using the Advia 2400 autoanalyzer. The LDL-C levels were calculated using the Friedewald equation. The mean, standard deviation, and 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, and 95th percentile values of the biochemical parameters for boys and girls were detected. The total cholesterol and HDL-C levels were higher among the girls than among the boys in 15- to 18-year-old group. No significant difference was found for the other serum lipid levels among any of the age groups. This study provided pediatric reference intervals for the lipid parameters for children.
ISSN:0172-0643
1432-1971
DOI:10.1007/s00246-012-0495-1