Background
: As Korean dietary pattern is westernized recently, The level of serum cholester-ol is beingelevated. Hyperlipidemia is one of the most important risk factors for atheroscleerosis. Early detection and lowering of cholesterol level can reduce motality due to cardiovascular dis-ease. We quantified the diet intakes, and analyzed between the serum cholester-ol level and diet variables.

Methods : We estimated total calory intake, total cholesterol intake, lipid intake, proportion of lipid intake and alcohol intake by semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire in 181 adults. The subjects were aparently healty, nondiabetic, and not on a dietary regimen. And then we analyzed the correlations between the serum choleserol level and age, sex,BMI, diet variables, respectively.

Results : The correlation coefficient with serum cholesterol level were 0.37(P<0.05) for age, 0.18(P<0.05) for BMI. But the serum cholesterol level was not significantly reated to any of diet variables.

Conclusion : In our study, the serum total cholesterol level is positively associated with age and BMI. But it is not associated with diet variables.