SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS OF MEXICAN AND WISCONSIN SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

Golubjatnikov, R. (Univ. of Wisconsin Center for Health Sciences, Madison, Wis. 53706), T. Paskey and S. L. Inhorn. Serum cholesterol levels of Mexican and Wisconsin school children. Am J Epidemiol 96: 36–39, 1972.—Serum cholesterol levels of a random sample of 209 Mexican and 328 Wisconsin school children were determined. The mean serum cholesterol level of the 5–14-year-old Mexicans was 99.9 mg/100 ml. In contrast, the mean cholesterol level of comparable Wisconsin pupils was approximately twice as high (186.5 mg/100 ml). The findings suggest that the cholesterol levels characteristic of these two populations have been developed by elementary school age as there were no appreciable differences in mean serum cholesterol levels between the 5–9 and the 10–14-year-olds in either study population.