[Effect of various factors on total serum cholesterol based on the data from an epidemiologic study in 4 large communities of Bulgaria].

The study includes 6243 persons--4051 women and 2192 men, mean age 37.9 +/- 14.2 years. The total serum cholesterol was examined and the factors related to the cholesterolemia were studied. A strong statistical correlation was found between the cholesterolemia and age, sex, body mass, smoking, degree of physical activity, alcohol consumption, feeding and diabetes mellitus. This multifactorial correlation of cholesterol serum level determines the need of complex population measures for reducing the high cholesterol level by correction of the mode of feeding and living and counteraction of the harmful habits (smoking), overfeeding, physical hypodynamia.