par Vastesaeger, Marcel ;Page, W.;Graulich, Pascal ;Vanderveiken, F.
Référence Atherosclerosis, 20, 1, page (69-79)
Publication Publié, 1974
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : A group of 51,110 males and 629 females, aged 20 to 65 yr, employed by the Belgian Postal Service underwent clinicobiological investigations including determination of triglycerides in the fasting state. The age related changes of mean triglyceridemia were different in men and women. In men, the mean values rose slowly up to 45 yr and decreased slightly at higher ages. In women, the values were lower in young adulthood and increased later on with the mean levels being similar in both sexes at the age of 60. In men, the changes with age of the triglycerides did not parallel those of plasma cholesterol: the maximum was reached 10 yr earlier for triglycerides, indicating a different influence of inborn and/or environmental factors on the 2 parameters. There was a relationship between relative weight and mean plasma triglyceride levels, which are significantly higher in the overweight postmen at each decade up to 60 yr. Mean triglyceridemia was also significantly higher in postmen probably or possibly suffering from coronary heart disease (CHD) than in non CHD. Such a difference also appeared between normal weight CHD and non CHD cases. As far as blood groups were concerned, in overweight postmen, none of the individuals aged 40 to 50 yr had mean triglyceride levels significantly higher than A and AB subjects.