Suhasini Sanda1, Rakesh Mamilla2
The subjects selected in both groups were matched for age and dietary habits. The subjects with hypertension, diabetes, smokers, pregnancy and subjects with Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 30 are excluded. After overnight fasting of 12 to 14 hours, 5 mL of blood is collected from the subjects and fasting Total Serum Cholesterol (TC), Total Serum Triglycerides (TG), HDL cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and total serum cholesterol/HDL-C ratio are measured and data is statistically analysed.
RESULTS
The evaluation of lipid profile patterns in above subjects showed hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, increased LDL-C and total serum cholesterol/HDL-C ratio in sedentary adult females and also decreased HDL-C levels in them when compared to the normal healthy lipid profile patterns in active adult females. A statistically significant increased lipid profiles (P-value <0.001) was observed in the sedentary adult females than in active adult females.
CONCLUSION
This study shows that sedentary lifestyle predisposes to hyperlipidaemias, one of the major risk factor of cardiovascular disease and lack of exercise worsens the situation.
