Seasonal variations of serum cholesterol detected in the Bucharest Multifactorial Prevention Trial of Coronary Heart Disease. Ten years follow-up (1971-1982)
Cucu, F.; Purice, S.; Schioiu-Costache, L.; Damşa, T.; Suciu, A.; Cherciu, A.; Steinbach, M.
Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine 29(1-2): 15-21
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 1220-4749 PMID: 1947707 Document Number: 381065
A group of 4800 men, aged fourty to sixty at entry, subjected to a multifactorial prevention trial of coronary heart disease for a ten-year period, showed spontaneous seasonal variations of serum cholesterol, characterized by increases in winter and decreases in summer. The authors discuss the relationship between the food changes and the seasonal variation of serum cholesterol values.