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Fasting Serum Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels in the Elderly: Relation to Glucose Homeostasis *
Author(s) -
WILMSHURST ERROL G.,
ZEYTINOGLU IBRAHIM Y.,
KAUFMANN ROBERT L.,
GHERONDACHE CONSTANTIN N.,
SOELDNER J. STUART
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1973.tb01216.x
Subject(s) - triglyceride , hypertriglyceridemia , medicine , carbohydrate , endocrinology , cholesterol , hyperlipidemia , diabetes mellitus
In 62 elderly subjects (age range, 66 to 100 years), fasting serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were determined after three days of a high carbohydrate diet. Mean cholesterol levels were within accepted normal limits for the lower age groups and did not differ significantly between the age groups studied. Mean triglyceride levels were highest in the 70–79 age group and significantly lower in older subjects. Serum triglyceride values greater than 200 mg/100 ml were always associated with carbohydrate intolerance, and there was a highly significant correlation between fasting triglyceride concentration and fasting glucose concentration in the subjects with the more severe degrees of carbohydrate intolerance. There was no evidence of induction of hypertriglyceridemia by the high carbohydrate diet in these subjects.