Objective: This article investigated the effect of age and body mass index of male humans on the carotid arteries intima media thickness (IMT) and the blood concentration of glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol.

Methods: Thirty seven normal male human subjects participated in this study. The participants were classified to three groups depending on their age; 20–29 (11), 30–39 (14) and 40–49 (12). Also, the study subjects were divided to three groups according to their body mass index; normal (13), overweight (13) and obese (11). The Anova test was used for the statistical analysis of the obtained results.

Results: The body mass index significantly affected the blood glucose concentration while its effect on all the other parameters was insignificant. The age significantly affected all the studied parameters except the blood glucose, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. The total cholesterol/HDL ratio was significantly affected by the age and insignificantly by the body mass index.

Conclusions: The age was more effective on the studied parameters than the body mass index. Worsening of the lipid profile was seen in the overweight participants rather than the obese ones.

目的：本文研究了男性年龄和体重指数对颈动脉内膜中层厚度（IMT）和血糖、甘油三酯、总胆固醇和高密度脂蛋白胆固醇的血液浓度的影响。

方法： 37 名正常男性受试者参加了这项研究。参与者根据年龄分为三组；20-29 (11)、30-39 (14) 和 40-49 (12)。此外，研究对象根据体重指数分为三组；正常 (13)、超重 (13) 和肥胖 (11)。Anova 检验用于对所得结果进行统计分析。

结果：体重指数显着影响血糖浓度，而对所有其他参数的影响不显着。年龄显着影响除血糖、甘油三酯和高密度脂蛋白胆固醇之外的所有研究参数。总胆固醇/高密度脂蛋白比率受年龄显着影响，受体重指数影响不大。

结论：年龄对所研究参数的影响比体重指数更有效。在超重的参与者而不是肥胖的参与者中看到了血脂状况的恶化。