Prevalence and risk factors associated with dyslipidaemia in children and adolescents among ethnic groups in Taiwan

The mortality rates of cerebral and cardiovascular diseases are higher for aborigines than non-aborigines in Taiwan. Hypertriglyceridaemia and hypercholestolaemia are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. To investigate the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and its associated risk factors in aborigine...

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Published in:Public health (London) 2005-06, Vol.119 (6), p.489-497
Main Authors: Ko, Y.C., Huang, M.C., Wang, T.N., Chang, S.J., Tsai, L.Y., Tu, H.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aborigines
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Hypercholesterolaemia
Hypercholesterolemia - ethnology
Hypertriglyceridaemia
Hypertriglyceridemia - ethnology
Logistic Models
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Taiwan - epidemiology
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Summary:The mortality rates of cerebral and cardiovascular diseases are higher for aborigines than non-aborigines in Taiwan. Hypertriglyceridaemia and hypercholestolaemia are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. To investigate the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and its associated risk factors in aborigine (Atayal, Paiwan and Bunun tribes) and non-aborigine (Fukein and Hakka Chinese) children and adolescents in Taiwan. This was a cross-sectional study. In total, 718 males and 721 females, below 20 years of age, were recruited. Our study defined dyslipidaemia as serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels greater than 200 and 240 mg/dl, respectively. The serum triglyceride level and the prevalence of hypertriglyceridaemia were similar in both aborigines and non-aborigines and both sexes, but the Bunun and Paiwan tribes had the highest prevalence of hypertriglyceridaemia in males (11.8–29.4%) and females (10.9–22.8%) compared with other aboriginal tribes (5.1–10.8% for males and 7.8–9.2% for females). Serum cholesterol concentrations and the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia were lower in the aborigines than non-aborigines for both sexes ( P
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2004.08.013