_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: ebbyagana@gmail.com; Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 39(15): 52-58, 2020; Article no.CJAST.57307 ISSN: 2457-1024 (Past name: British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, Past ISSN: 2231-0843, NLM ID: 101664541) Assessment of Lipid and Atherogenic Profile of Scavengers at Refuse Dumpsites in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Happiness I. Nti 1 , Holy Brown 1 and Ebirien-Agana S. Bartimaeus 1* 1 Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5080, Nkpolu-Orowurukwo, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author EASB, HB and HIN designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors EASB and HIN managed the analyses of the study. Author HIN managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/CJAST/2020/v39i1530716 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Rodolfo Dufo Lopez, University of Zaragoza, Spain. Reviewers: (1) Ajeet Jaiswal, Pondicherry University, India. (2) Zeinab Abdel Aziz Kasemy, Menoufia University, Egypt. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/57307 Received 25 March 2020 Accepted 04 June 2020 Published 17 June 2020 ABSTRACT Aim: Scavengers are individuals who gather waste and recyclable materials from refuse dumpsites, and thus are exposed to varieties of deleterious substances that have the potential to modulate and affect human health. This study was designed to assess the lipid and atherogenic profile of scavengers utilising refuse dumpsites in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Methodology: Fifty (50) exposed (scavengers) aged 31.32±9.49 years and 50 non-exposed (control) aged 32.92 ±10.63 years (age-matched) male subjects were sampled. The blood pressure was measured and body mass index calculated from the height and weight of the subjects. Total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein and triglycerides levels of the subjects were determined from fasting serum samples using standard spectrophotometric methods. Atheogenic ratios were also computed using established formulae. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 and expressed as mean and standard deviations. Variations between parameters was considered significant at p<0.05. Results: The result obtained revealed that the mean ± SD of total cholesterol, triglycerides and low density lipoprotein showed no significant difference (p > 0.05) while the level of high density Original Research Article