Variation in Lipoprotein Level with Changes in Age, Weight, and Cholesterol Ester

Abstract

For fifty-one adult males ranging in age from 15 to 65 years, lipoprotein, serum protein and cholesterol determinations were made on fasting blood. Electrophoretic estimations of lipoprotein and serum protein were carried out, and cholesterol determinations were made by chemical methods. The data showed that lipoprotein increases significantly (P < .05) with age, but that this correlation is reduced in magnitude when the effect of weight is considered. The correlation of lipoprotein level with weight was significant (P <.01) and with cholesterol ester was high and significant (P <.01). Lipoprotein level was not significantly correlated with free cholesterol nor with serum albumin or globulins.