[Comparative characteristics of the plasma lipid composition of 10-11-year-old schoolchildren in Moscow and Novosibirsk].

The role of lipoproteins in the etiology of atherosclerosis has been proved by the present time and dyslipoproteinemia is considered one of the main risk factors like smoking and arterial hypertension. In 1983-1984 an epidemiological survey of a representative sample of schoolchildren was conducted in one of the Moscow districts and according to a unified program among standardized participants in Novosibirsk. As a result, regional normal limits and mean values of blood plasma lipids were established in the populations of schoolchildren aged 10-11 in Moscow and Novosibirsk, their comparative characteristics and interrelationships between physical development and a degree of puberty were studied. Considerable differences in the TG level of plasma were found. The fact might be due to regional nutrition habits.