DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2023.v11i11.019

Pages: 1970-1972

Nowadays, teenagers have a habit of eating ready-to-eat food or drinks such as fast food and instant food which can be a problem for health [1]. The state of insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome and type 2 DM can cause lipid metabolism disorders such as increased blood cholesterol levels [2]. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between total cholesterol and fasting blood sugar levels in adolescents. This study was conducted in the form of an analytic survey with a cross-sectional study design. Data were processed using the SPSS program. The study population was all students of SMAN 1 Amurang, South Minahasa Regency, samples were taken by total sampling. From 87 samples, the minimum total cholesterol level was 125 mg/dL and the maximum cholesterol level was 143 mg/dL. The average total cholesterol level was 185.97 mg/dL. The average fasting blood sugar level is 92.60 mg/dL. Based on the results of the Pearson correlation test, the correlation coefficient (R = 0.210) was obtained with a significance of 0.051 for the correlation between total cholesterol levels and fasting blood sugar levels. These results show that there is no statistically significant relationship between total cholesterol levels and fasting blood sugar. It can be concluded that there is no relationship between total cholesterol levels and fasting blood sugar levels in adolescents in Amurang, South Minahasa Regency.