Introduction Hyperlipidemia can increase morbidity and mortality. This condition has been classified by Fredrickson into the following phenotypes: I, IIa, IIb, III, IV and V.– In the mixed ones, the following conditions are present: hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia, phenotypes IIb and III, with cholesterolemia and triglyceridemia of 250 to 300 mg/dL in phenotype IIb, and 500 to 600 mg/dL or more, in III, respectively. Pancreatitis is uncommon in both, as well as xanthomatosis in IIb. Xanthomas and cardiovascular complications are more […]

Background: Early exposure to obesity favors greater risks of cardiovascular factors such as dyslipidemia. Objectives: To establish the prevalence of dyslipidemia, and to evaluate its association with nutritional status of the adolescents attended at the ambulatory of the Adolescent Health Studies Center of the University Hospital Pedro Ernesto. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational study, the sample of which was of convenience, consisting of adolescents from 12 to 18 years old of both genders. The lipid profile was evaluated, along […]