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Table 1 Summary of the included literature

From: Progress in the seasonal variations of blood lipids: a mini-review

Articles

Refs

Years

Results (Summer)

Results (Winter)

Kreindl C

7

2014

LDL: ↓; HDL: ↑

LDL: ↑; HDL: ↓

Moura FA

12

2013

LDL: ↓; HDL: ↑

LDL: ↑; HDL: ↓

Zhou X

6

2016

M: LDL: ↓; HDL: ↓; Cholesterol: ↓; Triglyceride: ↑

F: LDL: ↑; HDL: ↓; Cholesterol: ↑; Triglyceride: n.s.

M: LDL: ↑; HDL: ↑; Cholesterol: ↑; Triglyceride: ↓

F: LDL: ↓; HDL: ↑; Cholesterol: ↓; Triglyceride: n.s.

Hadaegh F

13

2006

LDL: ↓; Cholesterol: ↓; F: Cholesterol: n.s.

LDL: ↑; Cholesterol: ↑; F: Cholesterol: n.s.

Joshi P

14

2014

LDL: ↓

LDL: ↑

Hopstock LA

15

2013

HDL: ↓

HDL: ↑

Chen SH

16

2006

HDL: ↓; Triglyceride: ↑

HDL: ↑; Triglyceride: ↓

Sasaki J

17

1983

LDL: ↓ (healthy men); HDL: ↓ (healthy men and schizophrenic patients)

LDL: ↑ (healthy men); HDL: ↑ (healthy men and schizophrenic patients)

Letellier G

18

1982

LDL: n.s.; HDL: n.s.

LDL: n.s.; HDL: n.s.

Tung P

19

2009

LDL: n.s.; HDL: n.s.

LDL: n.s.; HDL: n.s.

Fyfe T

9

1968

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

Thomas CB

20

1961

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

Fuller JH

21

1974

Cholesterol: n.s.

Cholesterol: n.s.

Bull GM

10

1979

Cholesterol: n.s.

Cholesterol: n.s.

Robinson D

11

1992

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

Garde AH

22

2000

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

Buxtorf JC

23

1988

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

Gordon DJ

24

1987

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

Ockene IS

25

2004

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

Valencia VE

5

2017

Cholesterol: ↓

Cholesterol: ↑

  1. Footnotes: F female, M male, n.s not significant, ↑ high level or elevated, ↓ low level or decreased