The impact of age, gender, and fasting blood glucose on the serum lipid profile at a tertiary care hospital: A retrospective study

BACKGROUND AND AIM: This relatively large retrospective study explores the impact of age, gender, and fasting blood glucose levels on the lipid profile that can be influenced. It is crucial to investigate these relationships, as dyslipidemia is linked to many critical diseases, including cardiovascular disease. METHODS: Data of 3,115 individuals were collected including age, gender, total serum cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), triglyceride (TGL), and fasting glucose levels at King Fahad Military Medical Complex’s Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Dhahran, from January to July 2019. RESULTS: The results shows that people 65 years or older had a significant association with total cholesterol (p<0.001), LDL (p-value= 0.001), and triglycerides (p-value= 0.001). Regarding gender, women in general are 1.2 times more likely to have hypercholesterolemia than men. Diabetes was significantly associated with all lipid profile parameters. CONCLUSIONS: There is a variable association between the lipid profile with age, gender, and fasting glucose. (www.actabiomedica.it)