Department of PSM, Madras Medical College & RI, Chennai
What is the effect of blood donation on the serum lipid profile of male voluntary blood donors, in an urban setting?
To find out the lipid profile pattern among the voluntary blood donors and look for differences in the values between the recent (Those who had donated blood within the last one year) & the past donors.
Cross-sectional.
Male voluntary blood donors who had donated blood within the last two years (Aug 2000 to Aug 2002) in the Blood Bank, Government general hospital, Chennai.
157 male voluntary blood donors among the 1012 identified.
Age, Body mass index (Weight/Height2), Food habits, Smoking, Alcohol consumption, Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus, Serum lipoid profile.
Means and proportions with tests of significance applied wherever required.
Out of the 157 donors, 78 were recent donors and 79 past donors. Overall the lipid profile values were within the normal range in both groups. There was, however, a statistically significant difference in the mean values of the major lipid parameters (as specified by the NCEP guidelines). A stratified analysis for the same between different age groups also revealed similar results. Comparison between smokers and non-smokers in the groups separately showed a statistically significant difference in the value of only HDL among the past donors. There was thus a more healthy lipid profile among the recent donors when compared to the past donors.
Blood donors, Lipid profile, Total Cholesterol, Low density lipoprotein (LDL), High density lipoprotein(HDL), Very Low density lipoprotein (VLDL), Triglycerides
