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Intercorrelations among plasma high density lipoprotein, obesity and triglycerides in a normal population
Author(s) -
Albrink M. J.,
Krauss R. M.,
Lindgren F. T.,
Von Der Groeben J.,
Pan S.,
Wood P. D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02534017
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , triglyceride , high density lipoprotein , correlation , anthropometry , lipidology , insignificance , obesity , cholesterol , population , clinical chemistry , psychology , mathematics , environmental health , geometry , psychotherapist
The interrelationships among fatness measures, plasma triglycerides and high density lipoproteins (HDL) were examined in 131 normal adult subjects: 38 men aged 27–46, 40 men aged 47–66, 29 women aged 27–46 and 24 women aged 47–66. None of the women were taking estrogens or oral contraceptive medication. The HDL concentration was subdivided into HDL 2b , HDL 2a and HDL 3 by a computerized fitting of the total schlieren pattern to reference schlieren patterns. Anthropometric measures employed included skinfolds at 3 sites, 2 weight/height indices and 2 girth measurements. A high correlation was found among the various fatness measures. These measures were negatively correlated with total HDL, reflecting the negative correlation between fatness measures and HDL 2 (as the sum of HDL 2a and 2b ). Fatness measures showed no relationship to HDL 3 . There was also an inverse correlation between triglyceride concentration and HDL 2 . No particular fatness measure was better than any other for demonstrating the inverse correlation with HDL but multiple correlations using all of the measures of obesity improved the correlations. Partial correlations controlling for fatness did not reduce any of the significant correlations between triglycerides and HDL 2 to insignificance. The weak correlation between fatness and triglycerides was reduced to insignificance when controlled for HDL 2 .