DIETARY EFFECTS ON HEMO-LIPID PROFILE

IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF MIDDLE INCOME GROUP

Abstract

A study had been being undertaken to estimate the dietary
effects on blood lipid profile of young male and female university students. Lipid profile is a group of tests
that are often ordered together to determine risk of coronary heart diseases by estimating blood cholesterol,
low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides. For the estimation, blood
samples of each 30 female and male volunteers had been centrifuged and plasma had been separated for
analysis. Levels of lipid profile parameters had been measured by recommended kit method and color
developed had been measured by spectrophotomer. The results had been presented as mean±SD. Female
volunteers had an average±SD value for cholesterol 183.1±14.8, for triglycerides 183.2±22.5, for HDL
51±6.2 and for LDL 95.5±15.7, whereas male volunteers had an average ±SD value for cholesterol
190±14.9, for triglycerides 222.5±18.2, for HDL 41.4±5.8 and for LDL 104.2±17.1. It had been concluded
that values of triglycerides and cholesterol were higher than the normal values for both female and male
volunteers because the content of saturated fatty acids was higher in their diets, use of vegetables, fruits
and fruit juices was very low, in some cases the number of meals taken per day was more than 5 which is
not desirable in adult people especially when their lifestyle is sedentary and in some cases smoking altered
the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.