Assessment of Plasma Total Cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels among Elderly Sudanese Individuals in Khartoum State

Abstract

This study was held to determine the effect of age on the levels of total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol in apparently healthy elderly Sudanese. A cross sectional and community based study was carried out in Khartoum Teaching Hospital from June 2011 to December2011. Fifty healthy elderly of both sexes attending at Khartoum Teaching Hospital ; 25 males (aged 65-80 years) and 25 females (aged 65-80 years ) were taken randomly as a test group compared to Forty normal healthy young adult of both sexes ; 20 males (age between 18 to 39 years) and 20 females (aged 18-39 years ) as control group . The levels of plasma total cholesterol and LDL –cholesterol shows a significant increase in the test group when compared with control group. (P.value =0.00 ) The study shows no significant difference between the means of the levels of plasma total cholesterol and LDL- cholesterol in both sexes of the test group.