Objective

To analyze the lipid profile and its correlation with risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) among medicine students. Methods We assessed 153 students, regardless of sex, with age between 18 and 31 years old, submitted to lipid profile analysis, including serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), fraction of cholesterol of low (LDLc), high (HDLc) and very low density (VLDLc) lipoproteins and triglycerides (TG), besides of life habits and anthropometric data. Statistic analysis was employed, including the test of Mann Whitney, chi-square test, Pearson’s correlation and multivariate analysis, by adopting a significance level for a value of p<0.05. Results Sedentary lifestyle (43.1%) and familial history for CVD, par-ticularly hypertension (74.5%), were distinguished. The lipid profile showed desirable, although altered levels of TC, LDLc and T