Characteristics, Nutritional Status, and Lipid Profile of Dyslipidemia Patients with Mediterranean Diet

—Dyslipidemia is a lipid metabolism disorder with an imbalance of lipid fraction in plasma, including increase in total cholesterol, LDL, TGA, and decrease in HDL. Changes in lipid profile levels can be influenced by several factors, namely diet, physical activity, lifestyle, age, sex, and genetics. Poor diet, such as consuming foods that contain excessive fat can cause abnormal lipid profile. The Mediterranean diet is a recommended diet for people with dyslipidemia because it contains ingredients such as unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA and PUFA), high antioxidants, and low glycemic index that improve nutritional status and lipid profile levels. This study aims to determine the characteristics, nutritional status and lipid profile levels of dyslipidemia patients with a Mediterranean diet. This research is descriptive study with cross-sectional approach and the sample was 37 dyslipidemia patients on Mediterranean Diet collected by consecutive sampling. Nutrional status examination involved BMI which mostly the patients had obesity I; waist circumference which mostly the female patients had ≥80 cm and male patients had ≤90 cm; and lipid profile which the average level of cholesterol total 188,84 mg/dL, HDL 41,00 mg/dL, LDL 130,43 mg/dL, and TGA 117,41 mg/dL. Mediterranean Diet effects had been proved showing the normal average level of total cholesterol, HDL, and TGA meanwhile LDL level and nutritional status were abnormal.