Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in Patients Receiving Health Checkups: A Hospital-Based Study. (26th October 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cheng, Kao-Chi; Chen, Yu-Lung; Lai, Shih-Wei
• Other Names: Davignon Jean Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Cholesterol. Volume 2011(2011)
• Publication Date: 2011-10-26
• Subjects: Cholesterol -- Periodicals; Cholesterol -- Metabolism -- Periodicals; Cholesterol -- Health aspects -- Periodicals; Coronary heart disease -- Prevention -- Periodicals; 612.0157705
• DOI: 10.1155/2011/314234
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-1283

Abstract

Abstract : We used the dataset from one medical center in Taiwan to explore the prevalence of dyslipidemia, which included 2695 subjects receiving private health checkups in 2003-2004. The overall prevalence of hypercholesterolemia was 53.3% in men and 48.2% in women (P = 0.008 ). The overall prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia was 29.3% in men and 13.7% in women (P < 0.001 ). The overall prevalence of elevated LDL level was 50.7% in men and 37.9% in women (P < 0.001 ). The overall prevalence of low HDL level was 47.4% in men and 53% in women (P = 0.004 ).