The Examination of HDL Cholesterol on Risk of Dyslipidemia Respondents

摘要

HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) is one of the lipoproteins in the human body. It acts like a vacuum cleaner that absorbs as much excessive cholesterol as possible. There are several risk factors that can cause cholesterol metabolism abnormalities in the body, one of which is a decrease of HDL levels in the blood. These risk factors include to smoking and the use of hormonal contraception in women. In this study, HDL cholesterol was examined on two groups of respondents who had the risk of dyslipidemia, to identify a description of HDL cholesterol levels in smokers and oral contraceptive users. This study uses a descriptive method, in which the sample is taken from 25 smokers and 30 fertile women by using hormonal pill contraception combined with purposive sample data collection techniques where the researcher determines the sampling by setting criteria according to those specified. While the HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol examination method uses CHOD-PAP Phosphotunostic / MgCl2. The results of the study obtained that the smokers were 48% with low HDL and 52% with normal HDL, whereas in the group of women whom using combined hormonal contraceptive pills there were 66.7% with low HDL and 33.3% with normal HDL. It can be concluded that the results of HDL levels in both groups of respondents who have the risk of dyslipidemia are mostly low.