BLOOD LIPID SPECTRUM IN A SCHOOLCHILDREN POPULATION FROM KHARKOV

The blood lipid and lipoprotein spectrum was biochemically studied in 580 pupils aged 12-16 years. The normal value ranges were found for to tal cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (T), high density lipoprotein (HDL ) and low density lipoprotein in the Kharkov schoolchildren population . The upper limits of lipid lipoprotein levels enabled patients with h yperlipoproteinemias to be identified in the studied age groups. The K harkov children were demonstrated to have high TC and T levels and rel atively low HDL cholesterol, i. e. they had unfavourable characteristi cs as to atherogenesis. The findings suggest that the factors that inf luence the formation of atherogenic dyslipoproteinemias should be furt her studied and the preventive measures aimed at normalizing the lipid spectrum should be implemented.