Dislipidemias en comunidades pehuenches de Alto Biobio chileno.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 400 people (over 15 years) from Pehuenche communities of the Chilean Alto Bio Bio, from May to October 2011, in order to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemias in this population. Necessary information was collected on the basis of regulations and criteria of the Ministry of Health, and as general results of average plasma levels and prevalence of dyslipìdemia were: total cholesterol 169.20 ±26.36 mg/dL and 8.2%; low-density lipoproteins 89.93 ±23.31 mg/dL and 4.5%; triglycerides 145.89 ±48.96 mg/dL and 53.0%; and highdensity lipoproteins 50 ±8.87 mg/dL and 28.3%. The values were lower in the age group of 15-24 years and in Pehuenche people with poor association with abdominal obesity or overweight; in general, they were lower than those of the city people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]