PREVALENCE OF DYSLIPIDEMIA AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN THE CITY OF QAZVIN

Background: One of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, impaired lipid composition and LDL cholesterol and triglycerides and raising HDL cholesterol concentration is reduced. Information about the composition of blood lipids and lipid disorders among Iranian children is low. Some studies in Iran have shown the prevalence of dyslipidemia in children and adolescents. Given the importance of the lipid composition in this age group And its relationship to chronic diseases in adulthood, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of dyslipidemia in adolescents was conducted. Methods: This study is an analytical crosssectional study.318 adolescents aged 1810 randomly selected from Qazvin city. Demographic data and anthropometric measures were collected and biochemical parameters were measured. Tstudent test and analysis of variance were employed to analyze data. Results: Overweight and obesity were respectively 15.7% and 4.8% in adolescents. Hypercholesterolemia was observed in 19.6% of adolescence. Moreover 11.3% of those had Hypertriglyceridemia. Additionally 12.6% and 41% of adolescence had high LDLC and low HDLC. Children with overweight and obese had higher concentration of triglycerides compared with those with normal weight (P=0.02). Conclusions: We observed high prevalence of dyslipidemia in adolescents living in Qazvin city. Overweight and obese adolescents had higher levels of triglycerides than those with optimal weight. Considering above factors involved in the lipid disorder, providing appropriate approach to prevent of cardiovascular disease is warranted.

DYSLIPIDEMIA, BODY MASS INDEX, OBESITY, OVERWEIGHT, ADOLESCENTS