Lipids and Lipoproteins in Venezuelan and American Schoolchildren: Within and Cross-Cultural Comparisons

摘要: This study was designed to focus upon within-culture differences in plasma lipids and lipoproteins Venezuelan schookhildren having different socioeconomic nutritional backgrounds also provide crosscultural comparisons of lipids, lipoproteins, anthropometric measurements between American schoolchildren. The carried out 12!M schoolchildren, ages 7 12 years, 428 private 870 public schools Merida, Venezuela, with comparison 472 schoolchildren the (Cincinnati, OH) Princeton School District. Within schools, were heavier, taller, had marginally higher Qwtelet indices, considerably fasting cholesterol, highdensity lipoprotein (C-HDL), lowdensity (C-LDL) levels. These lipid-lipoprotein highly significant after adjusting (by covariance analysis) for Quetelet index, sex, age. Children from ingested more total calories, protein, fat, carbohydrate. When diet compositions calculated as percentage nearly twice many calories fat a somewhat lower wmortion carbohydrate, comparable prob&n when compared Male-female within revealed patterns sexrelated which qualitatively similar those schookhildren. Thus, 7- 12-year-old females cholesterol triglyceride, CHDL, C-LDL. indices two major differences. children sigoifkantly triglyceride C-HDL levels, not attributable systematic dmerences measures ponderosity, because Cincinnati did differ appreciably. In regard pub remarkably comparable, although C-LDL levels than We speculate that increasing "westernization" "urbanization" society is associated convergence pediatric lipid Maintenance into adulthood Venezuela would, fact, suggest augmented risks coronary heart disease this frame reference.