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To Establish the Reference Intervals of Lipid Profile in Punjab

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Overnight fasting samples of 1,031 apparently healthy people of Punjab visiting the hospital over a period of 3 years were tested for serum lipid profile. The mean ± SD of serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol in mg/dl were 182.2 ± 33.9, 122.4 ± 33.4, 44.1 ± 6.8, 113.9 ± 32.0, 24.6 ± 7.1 respectively. When these subjects were grouped according to age and sex, no appreciable difference was observed between most of the groups. Serum triglycerides were found to be low and HDL-C was high in females when compared with males of similar age and vice versa. With advancing age, total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were found to be higher in women. The present study suggests that the obtained lipid values should be taken into consideration during clinical evaluation.

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    Vaneet Kaur, Minni Verma, Amandeep Kaur, Shalini Gupta & Kamaljit Singh

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Kaur, V., Verma, M., Kaur, A. et al. To Establish the Reference Intervals of Lipid Profile in Punjab. Ind J Clin Biochem 27, 290–295 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-012-0208-9

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