[Cholesterol level among school children. Cholesterol measurements in adolescents in a municipality in Finnmark and a municipality in Sogn and Fjordane].

This article reports a survey conducted to measured serum cholesterol in pupils aged 13-16 years in a municipality in the county of Finnmark and in a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. Cholesterol levels were analysed and information was collected by questionnaire on eating habits, smoking habits and occurrence of cardiovascular disease in the family. We did not find any differences between the two communities in respect of cholesterol level, nor any relationship between eating habits and cholesterol level. Pupils with parents and/or grandparents with cardiovascular disease had a significantly higher cholesterol level than pupils with no such disease in their family.