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Comparative Study
. 1995 Nov;73(5):392-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.73.5.392.

Plasma cholesterol and other cardiac risk factors in adolescent girls

M A Bermingham  1 , E Jones, K Steinbeck, K Brock
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Comparative Study

Plasma cholesterol and other cardiac risk factors in adolescent girls

M A Bermingham et al. Arch Dis Child. 1995 Nov.

Abstract

The aim was to examine the effects of smoking, physical activity, and body mass on total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in adolescent schoolgirls in Sydney, Australia. Body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) were determined in 144 girls aged 15 to 18 years. Total cholesterol (TC) and HDL-C were estimated on fingerprick blood and behavioural variables assessed by questionnaire. Prevalence of overweight (> 90th centile for BMI) was less in Australian adolescents than reported from the USA. Smokers had lower total cholesterol than non-smokers; this was partly explained by a lower HDL-C in the smokers. Physical activity was associated with a less atherogenic TC/HDL-C ratio. Girls with BMI > 90th centile had higher mean TC/HDL-C and apoprotein B than the group as a whole but those > 90th centile for WHR did not.

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