An individual’s perception of their own health is significantly helpful in predicting their ‘high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level’ at all ages. A recent study conducted in Norway established this relationship and hoped that it will pave the way for further research and treatment methods.
Many such specific epidemiological studies conducted in past have been successful in demonstrating the existing links between self-reported health status and the risk for death. More recently, it is for the first time that the researchers have linked health perception with HDL-C levels in the elderly.
In order to determine whether the same relationship exists in other age groups, Sissel Tomten at the “Norwegian School of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway”, and Arne Host mark at the “University of Oslo, Norway”, conducted a detailed research study recently. Findings of this study along with the complete analysis and data have recently been published in the “International Journal of Medical Sciences”.
Sissel Tomten and Arne Hostmark and their research team assessed patient-reported health status and lipid profile in 18,770 individuals aged 30-76 years who were participating in the Oslo Health Study.
Researchers observed that for all the age groups, the higher an individual’s HDL-C level was, the better they considered their health. Each 1 mmol/l (38.7 mg/dl) increase in HDL-C concentration increased the likelihood of a perception of “good health” for almost 2.27 times.
Researchers interestingly noted that importantly, this relationship was unaffected by factors such as gender, time since food intake, use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, chronic diseases, pain, psychological distress, smoking, alcohol, length of education, and diet.
“There seems to be a consistent association between HDL-C and self-reported health, as observed in many age groups and in both sexes,” said Sissel Tomten of the “Norwegian School of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway”, in the published study report.
Arne Høstmark at the “University of Oslo, Norway concludes in the published study report, “We were not able to obliterate the association by controlling for a large number of potentially confounding factors”.
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This article makes absolutely no sense. Please rewrite it so that it does.
For it to make sense, it would have to explain the significance of HDL-C. The reader should not have to go to another source to get this information.
The illustration has no application to the article. It is simply thrown in for decoration.
The article needs to explain the physical and mental results of having high HDL-C. What is the link between this condition and the behavior described.