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Results: The total serum cholesterol level was 186 ± 42 mg/dL with 33.7% of the ... Tokat ilinde yaşayan Türk toplumunda serum lipid, lipoprotein seviyeleri ve.
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Turk J Med Sci 2010; 40 (5): 771-782 © TÜBİTAK E-mail: [email protected] doi:10.3906/sag-0911-430

Serum lipid and lipoprotein levels, dyslipidemia prevalence, and the factors that influence these parameters in a Turkish population living in the province of Tokat* İlhan ÇETİN1, Beytullah YILDIRIM2, Şemsettin ŞAHİN3, İdris ŞAHİN4, İlker ETİKAN5

Aim: To determine the mean total LDL and HDL cholesterol values and trigliseride levels as well as dyslipidemia and the factors that influence the parameters mentioned above in the population living in the province of Tokat located in the Middle Black Sea (Northeastern) region of Turkey. Materials and methods: The study was performed in 58 rural and 12 urban residential areas. The 58 rural regions were selected using a cluster sampling method. A total of 1095 subjects were selected through a random sampling method. Results: The total serum cholesterol level was 186 ± 42 mg/dL with 33.7% of the participants having hypercholesterolemia (≥200 mg/dL). The HDL-cholesterol level was 42 ± 11 mg/dL with 50.9% of the participants having low HDL-cholesterol levels (