Nutritional Sciences
- Volume 6 Issue 4
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- Pages.232-238
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- 2003
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- 1229-232X(pISSN)
The Association of Plasma HDL-Cholesterol Levels with Dietary, Anthropometric, and Hematological Factors in Elderly Koreans
- Park, Hee-Jung (Department Food & Nutrition, Ewha Womans University) ;
- Kim, Mi-Hyun (Department Food & Nutrition, Ewha Womans University) ;
- Lee, Hyun-Sook (Department Food & Nutrition, Hanyang Women's College) ;
- Cho, Mi-Sook (Department Food & Nutrition, Baewha Women's College) ;
- Park, Ji-Hye (Department Food & Nutrition, Ewha Womans University) ;
- Kim, Wha-Young (Department Food & Nutrition, Ewha Woman's University)
- Published : 2003.11.01
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most common causes of death in elderly Koreans, and HDL-cholesterol is known to have a pivotal role in protecting against CVD. This study was undertaken to study the relationships between plasma HDL-cholesterol levels and dietary, anthropometric, and biochemical factors in elderly Koreans. The 102 subjects, who were over 60 years old, were classified into two groups based on their plasma HDL-cholesterol levels: a risk group with plasma HDL-cholesterol < 40mg/dl in men or HDL-cholesterol < 50mg/d1 in women, and a control group with higher HDL-cholesterol levels. The subjects' mean intakes of energy, calcium, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin