Population
561 children (7 to 17 years of age) from a total biracial community (Bogalusa Heart Study)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Racial differences in HDL subclasses should not alter pediatric lipid assessment; leaves open their prognostic value for cardiovascular outcomes in diverse youth.
Black children exhibit a more antiatherogenic HDL subclass profile compared to white children, which may be driven by metabolic variations in response to physiologic and environmental factors.
Srinivasan et al. (1987) studied this question.
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