Blood Cholesterol and its Effect on the heart, a comparative study between males and females in different age groups

الملخص

This study was evaluated the blood cholesterol and its effect on the heart, through a comparison conducted between males and females in different age groups. The study aimed to shed light on the most serious cause of heart attacks, which is high blood pressure due to high blood cholesterol, and to identify the most age groups most vulnerable to high cholesterol in both gender, the results were taken through medical analyzes and the total , where the highest percentage was 56.93 % recorded in males and their number were 390, and 43.07% for females, that was the lowest percentage, and recorded 295 people, while it is reported that the average level of cholesterol is higher in females than in males during all age groups except for the age group 60-69, which was higher in males, and it follows that the average rate of cholesterol accumulation is higher in females.