1986 Volume 17 Issue 1 Pages 47-52
The influences of aging, menopause and obesity of females to total cholesterol (T-ch), HDL cholesterol (HDL-ch) and systolic and diastolic brachial arterial blood pressure (SBP & DBP) were epidemiologically surveyed. The subjects were 887 healthy 30-64 year-old women working at a speedboat race place as ticket sellers. The mean values of T-ch, SBP and DBP significantly increased with advancing age while HDL-ch/T-ch (% HDL-Tch) decreased with ages. There was little change in HDL-ch. The T-ch values were higher in the postmenopausal females than in the premenopausals. HDL-ch, % HDL-Tch, obesity index, SBP and DBP showed no significant relation between the two groups. In all age groups, it was observed that HDL-ch and % HDL-Tch had an inverse correlation with the obesity index. On the other hand, obesity index was correlated with both SBP and DBP in all age groups. However correlation of this index with T-ch was found in the age group 40∿49 only.
