Abstract: Background: Women health in premenopausal age is still a matter of neglect. Current scenario reveals that they are not spared of coronary artery disease in spite of the hormonal protection. Although several clinical trials of lipid lowering prevention of coronary artery disease have been conducted, women have always been involved in some number or have not had their result analyzed separately. Hence the present effort tries to find out the prevalence of dyslipidemia in premenopausal women. Objective: To study prevalence of dyslipidaemia in study group of female medical students of Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical Hospital And Research Centre, Pimpri ,Pune. Secondly to find out the individual prevalence of abnormal levels of serum cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL and HDL .Materials and methods: The study group (n=200) comprised of female premenopausal medical students (Age: 20 to 40yrs) from a medical Centre was selected by random selection from 3rd year, final year undergraduates and students attending postgraduate courses. They were screened for lipid profile which includes Total cholesterol, Triglyceride, HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol by Enzymatic End Point method after 12-14 hrs fasting. The quantitative data was analyzed using MS Excel. Result: The prevalence of dyslipidemia was found out to be 10.5% with LDL contributing to the maximum (8.5%) followed by total cholesterol (1.5%), HDL (0.5%). Thus from this study it is presumed that premenopausal women are no longer protected by their hormonal status and age factor.
Keywords: dyslipideamia, women, lipid profile, premenopausal, prevalence.
Title: Prevalence of Dyslipideamia in Premenopausal Women: A Study in Pune, Maharashtra
Author: Dr. Surbhi Seth, Dr. Vikas Madaan
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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