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Author(s) -
Qamar-Ul H Aq
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.01.2987
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , hyperlipidemia , medicine , lipid profile , statistical analysis , social class , demography , gerontology , cholesterol , environmental health , endocrinology , statistics , population , diabetes mellitus , mathematics , sociology , political science , law
Objective: To assess the lipid profile among adult males belonging to high socioeconomic status and to probe the dietaryhabits playing a key role as causative factors in multiple complicated and grievous health hazards e.g. hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetesand ischemic heart diseases, which can be managed by just controlling diet and regular exercise. S t u d y D e s i g n : Cross sectionalobservational study. P e r i o d : From March 2003 to September 2003. S u b j e c t & Setting: In this study, research was conducted for 150respondents of age 20-50 belonging to high socioeconomic status in three posh areas of Faisalabad city, by using simple random samplingtechnique and SPSS was used for statistical analysis. Results: It was concluded that lipid profile including LDL, HDL, TG and TC had asignificant relationship with high socio-economic status adult males and recommendations were designed to avoid the problems related withhyperlipidemia in the said class.