SERUM-LIPID PATTERN OF ADOLESCENTS IN HUNGARY

The authors have measured and compared the lipid parameters in groups of adolescents aged from 15 to 18 years with and without a history of myocardial infarction of parents. No essential differences were seen a mong the lipid variables of the two groups. Nonetheless in a considera ble part of both girls and boys in either group serum total cholestero l and LDL-cholesterol was higher than the ''acceptable'' values. The a uthors propose the initiation of an immediate intervention program in the population sewing preventive purposes.