Title Severe dyslipidemia and concomitant risk factors in the middle-aged Lithuanian adults: a cross-sectional cohort study /
Authors Kutkienė, Sandra ; Petrulionienė, Žaneta ; Laucevičius, Aleksandras ; Petrylaitė, Marija ; Maskeliūnaitė, Diana ; Puronaitė, Roma ; Kovaitė, Milda ; Kalibataitė, Irma ; Rinkūnienė, Egidija ; Dženkevičiūtė, Vilma ; Kasiulevičius, Vytautas
DOI 10.1186/s12944-018-0731-7
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Is Part of Lipids in health and disease.. London : BioMed Central Ltd. 2018, Vol. 17, art. no. 88, [6 p.].. ISSN 1476-511X. eISSN 1476-511X
Keywords [eng] Severe dyslipidemia ; Cardiovascular risk factors ; Primary prevention
Abstract [eng] Background: Dyslipidemia is highly prevalent and is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Lithuania. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of severe dyslipidemia in Lithuanian middle aged primary prevention population and to investigate cardiovascular risk profile.& para;& para;Methods: The group of 83,376 people were examined in the Lithuanian High Cardiovascular Risk primary prevention program (LitHiR), during 2009-2015 years. This study recruited middle aged men and women without overt cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors was compared between severe dyslipidemia group and control group.& para;& para;Results: Severe dyslipidemia was present in 13.5% (11265) of the subjects; 66.6% (7508) were females. The subjects with severe dyslipidemia had significantly higher rates of arterial hypertension (63.5% vs. 44.2%, p < 0.001), diabetes mellitus (16% vs. 8.1%, p < 0,001), abdominal obesity (51% vs. 30.3%, p < 0.001), body mass index (BMI) > 30 (kg/m(2)) (38.8% vs. 24.1%, p < 0.001), metabolic syndrome (47.2% vs. 9.2%, p < 0.001), unbalanced diet (66.5% vs. 53.5%, p < 0. 001), insufficient physical activity (56% vs. 44.2%, p < 0.001), family history of cardiovascular disease (29.7% vs. 22.7%, p < 0.001) in comparison with control group. Subjects without dyslipidemia had significantly higher rates of smoking (26.4% vs. 22.7%, p < 0.001).& para;& para;The prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia was 0.1%, very high hypertriglyceridemia - 0.2% and familial mixed dyslipidemia - 0.1% of the subjects examined in the LitHiR programme.& para;& para;Conclusions: High prevalence of dyslipidemia remains a major problem in Lithuania. 9 out of 10 people have dyslipidemia, 1 out of 10 - severe dyslipidemia. Severe dyslipidemia is associated with higher frequency of other cardiovascular risk factors.
Published London : BioMed Central Ltd
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2018