caa a22 4500 477082734 CHVBK 20180405111454.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01925573 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01925573 Serum cholesterol level in a typical suburban commercial community in Nigeria [Elektronische Daten] [J. Ahaneku, J. Ndefo, C. Dioka] Forty-one apparently healthy businessmen and-women and an equal number of government workers matched for age and sex underwent serum cholesterol determinations. The mean serum cholesterol levels of businessmen and-women were significantly higher than those of their government worker counterparts (p<0.001). The marked increase in the serum cholesterol of the business subjects was attributed to their overindulgence and/or eating habits and lack of physical activity. The cardiovascular risk implications of the high cholesterol value and other risk co-factors such as obesity and alcoholism observed among the business subjects are highlighted. We advise that for communities similar to the one described here, public enlightenment programmes about the health benefits of periodic medical assessment and recreational physical activities are necessary. A further comprehensive study of lipid, lipoprotein and other risk factors in these subjects should be encouraged. Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996 Cholesterol level nationallicence suburban commerical community nationallicence business subjects nationallicence government workers nationallicence Nigeria nationallicence Ahaneku J. Department of Biochemistry, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, 849, Saga, (Japan) aut Ndefo J. Department of Medical Microbiology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, P.M.B. 5025, Nnewi, Anambra State, (Nigeria) aut Dioka C. Department of Chemical Pathology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, P.M.B. 5025, Nnewi, Anambra State, (Nigeria) aut Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/7(1996-07-01), 680-682 0014-4754 52:7<680 1996 52 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01925573 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01925573 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ahaneku J. Department of Biochemistry, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, 849, Saga, (Japan) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ndefo J. Department of Medical Microbiology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, P.M.B. 5025, Nnewi, Anambra State, (Nigeria) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dioka C. Department of Chemical Pathology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, P.M.B. 5025, Nnewi, Anambra State, (Nigeria) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/7(1996-07-01), 680-682 0014-4754 52:7<680 1996 52 18 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer