SERUM-CHOLESTEROL IN NORMAL SUBJECTS IN DENMARK

Journal/Book: Reprinted from THE LANCET 1961 pp. 1383-1385. 1961;

Abstract: Director of the blood bank Bispebjerg Hospital Copenhagen Summary Determinations of serum-cholesterol in 2245 (1645 males and 600 females) normal subjects (blood-donors) aged 17-69 showed that the mean values were 222 mg. per 100 ml. in males and 223 mg. in females. Taking the upper limit of normal as 275 mg. about 10% of the subjects had high cholesterol values. 23% of the males and 25 % of the females had levels which exceeded 250 mg. per 100 ml. The mean value for serum-cholesterol increases with advancing age and seems to reach a peak around 250 mg. per 100 ml. at the age of 60. Within the year that the determinations were made the Serum-cholesterol levels did not vary according to season or day of the week. . . . This investigation was supported by a grant from the Gerontological Research Foundation St. Louis U.S.A.

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