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IntroductionHypertriglyceridemia is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease [1, 19]
Editor-in-Chief: Dr Dimitrios PapandreouOfficial Publication of Zayed University, UAEHypertriglyceridemia is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease [1, 19]
The characteristics of the subjects consisted of nutritional status, education level, occupation, average of age, average of BMI and global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) score
Summary
Hypertriglyceridemia is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease [1, 19]. Women suffer from heart disease less often than men because of the protective effect of female sex hormone, estrogen [20]. Serum triglyceride level statistically shows significant increase among postmenopausal women compared to premenopausal women [15]. Triglycerides and waist circumference often correlates positively [25]. In various studies in several Asian countries, prevalence of women with hypertriglyceridemia was almost close to the prevalence in men [14]. According to Riskesdas (National Baseline Health Research) in 2013, the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia in Indonesia among women was 11.7% which was not significantly different from prevalence among men, i.e. 15.1% [17]. Hypertriglyceridemia is usually caused by weight gain, lack of exercise, diet high in simple carbohydrates, sweet drinks and smoking [7, 12]
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