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European Heart Journal 1987 8(8):821-831;
Copyright © 1987 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1987 The European Society of Cardiology

On the within-population relationship between dietary habits and serum lipid levels in Belgium

H. KESTELOOT*,, J. GEBOERS* and P. PIETINEN{dagger}

* Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium
{dagger} Department of Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute Helsinki, Finland

Received 29 October 1986; revised 29 December 1986; .

Prof. H. Kesteloot, M.D., Division of Epidemiology, Sint-Rafel University Hospital, Capucijnenvoer 33, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

In a Belgian population group of 15 954 male and 2116 female subjects, an epidemiological survey has been conducted to investigate the relationship between dietary fat intake and serum total and HDL-cholesterol. The study has established, both in men and in women, a significant positive relationship between serum total cholesterol and the dietary intake of saturated fat and a significant positive relationship between serum total cholesterol and the dietary intake of saturated fat and a significant negative one between serum total cholesterol and the intake of polyunsaturated fat and the P/S-ration of the diet. At equal levels of consumption, polyunsaturated fat has a decreasing effect on serum total cholesterol which is about half the increasing effect due to saturated fat. Polyunsaturated fat and the P/S-ratio decrease the HDL-cholesterol value but only with borderline significance. The present study demonstrates the importance of dietary fat as a determinant of the serum lipid level within a Population.

Key Words: Saturated fat, • Polyunsaturated fat, • P/S-ratio, • food cholesterol,serum total cholesterol, • seru HDL-cholesterol.


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