Gambaran Kadar Kolesterol Total Darah Pada Mahasiswa Vegetarian Lacto-Ovo

Abstract

: High level of total cholesterol in blood or known as hypercholesterolemia causes atherosclerosis or constriction of the blood vessels. Aterosclerosis is considering as an important factor in coronary heart disease event. Consuming food with high cholesterol plays an important role on elevating total blood cholesterol. Vegetarian has better health quality than meat-eaters. This group has lower total blood cholesterol, triglicerid and LDL compared to meat eaters. The pourpose of this study was to find out the description about total blood cholesterol level in vegetarian lacto-ovo students. This descriptive study was followed by 25 respondents total that consist of 14 male respondents (56%) and 11 female respondents (44%). The result of this study shown that 23 respondents (92%) have normal total blood cholesterol level and 2 respondets (8%) have borderline high blood total cholesterol level. According to the results, it can be concluded that the description of total cholesterol blood level in vegetarian lacto-ovo students mostly are in normal level