Research on abnormally elevated blood fat levels in adults

Objective To explore blood fat level and its abnormal conditions and characteristic in adults.Methods Using enzymic method to check the TC and TG levels of 2368 adults and the HDL-C and LDL-C levels of 1992 adults.All these cases were randomly selected from patients undergoing regular general health checks and those who did not present any symptoms of disease at the Chencun General Hospital from June 2011 to May 2013.Results TC level increased with age in both male and female patients.TC level in the presenior group was the highest across gender.In the male group TG level in the young age group was lower than in that in the middle age group.There were no significant differences found in the other groups (P ＞ 0.05).TG level in the female group increased with age.All groups showed significant differences (P ＜ 0.05) in TG and TC levels in both the male and female groups.The TC level in the young and middle age male groups were higher than the females in the same age groups.In the pre-senior and old age groups the TC level in females was higher than that in the males in the same age groups.Female HDL-C level would decrease with age in contrast female LDL-C level would increase with age.The male HDL-C level would increase with age,and the male LDL-C level would increase with age except the senior,whose LDL-C level would decrease.All groups showed significant differences (P ＜ 0.05) in LDL-C levels in both the male and female groups.Ranges of TC,TG and LDL-C levels were labeled:a) normal,b) marginally increased and c) significantly increased.For TC levels the percentages in the male groups were as follows:a) 55.13％,b) 28.22％ and c) 16.64％,in the female groups:a) 63.31％,b) 25.05％ and c) 11.65％,for TG levels:the percentages in male group were as follows a) 59.33％,b) 18.82％ and c) 21.85％,in the female group:a) 82.90％,b) 9.89％ and c) 7.21％,for LDL-C level:the percentages in male group were as follows:a) 84.66％,b) 11.65％ and c) 3.69％,in the female group:a) 90.96％,b) 6.86％ and c) 2.94％.Blood fat levels were abnormally elevated in 64.37％ of the males compared to 43.66％ in female group.The abnormal blood fat values concerned mainly TC and TG in pre-senior and old age group.Conclusion In the Shunde District,a large number of subjects in the present study showed abnormally elevated blood fat levels in the healthy adults.The findings of this study show urgent measures should be taken to address the problem. Key words: Blood fat;  Total cholesterol;  Triglyceride;  High density lipoprotein-cholesterol;  Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol;  Adult