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. 2023 Sep 19;13:15499. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42341-5

Table 2.

Prevalence of lipid abnormalities according to study population strata.

Variable Category Hypertriglyceridemia
Percent. (95% CI)
Hypercholesterolemia
Percent. (95% CI)
High LDL-C
Percent. (95% CI)
Very High LDL-C
Percent. (95% CI)
High non–HDL-C
Percent. (95% CI)
Low HDL-C
Percent. (95% CI)
Dyslipidemia
Percent. (95% CI)
All participants 39.7 (38.6,40.79) 21.24 (20.32,22.17) 16.42 (15.56,17.29) 0.74 (0.52,0.95) 19.43 (18.54,20.33) 68.42 (67.41,69.42) 81.02 (80.17,81.87)
Sex Women 35.54 (34.21,36.87) 23.04 (21.84,24.23) 17.15 (16.04,18.27) 0.76 (0.58,0.94) 19.03 (17.9,20.15) 72.68 (71.48,73.89) 84.41 (83.43,85.4)
Men 43.45 (41.87,45.04) 18.94 (17.69,20.18) 15.36 (14.19,16.53) 0.74 (0.35,1.12) 19.68 (18.42,20.94) 62 (60.48,63.51) 75.73 (74.4,77.06)
Age 25–39 32.52 (30.71,34.33) 12.14 (10.95,13.33) 9.43 (8.28,10.58) 0.33 (0.18,0.49) 11.76 (10.61,12.92) 70.63 (69.02,72.24) 77.05 (75.56,78.55)
40–54 42.79 (41.1,44.48) 24.65 (23.17,26.13) 18.44 (17.11,19.76) 0.89 (0.39,1.39) 23.02 (21.56,24.48) 69.37 (67.79,70.96) 82.01 (80.67,83.34)
55–64 44.61 (42.23,46.98) 29 (26.84,31.15) 22.36 (20.35,24.38) 0.93 (0.58,1.29) 25.01 (23,27.03) 65.09 (62.8,67.37) 83.29 (81.42,85.15)
65+  38.34 (35.44,41.25) 24.02 (21.3,26.74) 19.61 (16.94,22.27) 1.14 (0.71,1.57) 20.7 (18.03,23.37) 62.36 (59.67,65.05) 81.7 (79.68,83.73)
Area Rural 35.67 (34.2,37.13) 21.35 (20.08,22.62) 17.19 (16.02,18.36) 0.83 (0.57,1.09) 19.46 (18.22,20.69) 66.68 (65.25,68.11) 78.8 (77.56,80.04)
Urban 40.16 (38.88,41.43) 21.17 (20.1,22.25) 16.09 (15.08,17.09) 0.73 (0.48,0.97) 19.27 (18.23,20.3) 68.35 (67.18,69.53) 81.14 (80.15,82.13)
Wealth index Poor 35.95 (33.62,38.28) 22.04 (19.82,24.27) 17.08 (14.93,19.23) 0.95 (0.6,1.31) 19.09 (17,21.17) 67.75 (65.65,69.85) 79.69 (77.84,81.54)
2nd quintile 39.85 (37.45,42.25) 19.21 (17.5,20.93) 14.61 (13.1,16.12) 0.76 (0.46,1.07) 17.68 (16.03,19.33) 68.71 (66.51,70.92) 80.96 (79.07,82.84)
Middle 39.56 (37.44,41.68) 20.03 (18.28,21.78) 15.76 (14.12,17.4) 0.72 (0.41,1.04) 19.3 (17.55,21.04) 68.15 (66.24,70.06) 79.98 (78.36,81.59)
4th quintile 40.26 (38.1,42.43) 22.05 (20.24,23.87) 16 (14.45,17.54) 0.5 (0.26,0.74) 20.05 (18.3,21.81) 67.01 (64.89,69.13) 79.95 (78.03,81.87)
Rich 40.48 (37.74,43.21) 22.08 (19.77,24.39) 17.94 (15.68,20.2) 0.96 (0.16,1.76) 20.51 (18.22,22.79) 66.91 (64.36,69.45) 81.1 (79.09,83.12)
BMI Category Underweight 6.15 (3.93,8.37) 8.76 (6.01,11.51) 8.81 (5.87,11.74) 0.4 (-0.09,0.89) 5.21 (3.23,7.18) 39.05 (33.57,44.53) 48.52 (42.86,54.17)
Normal weight 27.38 (25.67,29.08) 17.36 (15.88,18.84) 14.45 (13.08,15.83) 0.38 (0.22,0.55) 15.05 (13.63,16.47) 57.67 (55.85,59.48) 70.48 (68.84,72.11)
Overweight 41.82 (40.16,43.48) 22.84 (21.44,24.24) 17.32 (16.04,18.61) 1.04 (0.6,1.49) 20.93 (19.62,22.25) 71.7 (70.21,73.18) 84.81 (83.58,86.05)
Obese 50.67 (48.67,52.68) 23.91 (22.16,25.66) 17.5 (15.83,19.17) 0.78 (0.53,1.04) 22.7 (20.93,24.47) 76.38 (74.71,78.04) 88.17 (86.84,89.49)
Fruit and vegetable consumption Inappropriate 39.01 (37.95,40.08) 21.24 (20.34,22.14) 16.34 (15.5,17.18) 0.76 (0.55,0.97) 19.29 (18.42,20.16) 67.77 (66.78,68.76) 80.35 (79.51,81.19)
Appropriate 40.01 (36.27,43.75) 21.03 (17.83,24.23) 16.74 (13.71,19.78) 0.64 (0.18,1.09) 19.83 (16.82,22.83) 70.15 (66.58,73.71) 83.36 (80.65,86.06)
Physical activity Inappropriate 40.24 (38.71,41.78) 21.99 (20.64,23.34) 16.9 (15.63,18.18) 0.74 (0.37,1.1) 19.78 (18.47,21.09) 70.58 (69.22,71.94) 83.31 (82.22,84.4)
appropriate 38.55 (37.01,40.09) 20.95 (19.7,22.2) 16.07 (14.91,17.22) 0.76 (0.56,0.96) 19.08 (17.88,20.28) 66.91 (65.45,68.38) 79.44 (78.16,80.71)
Smoking No 38.09 (36.99,39.18) 21.67 (20.73,22.61) 16.54 (15.66,17.42) 0.71 (0.57,0.85) 19.17 (18.27,20.07) 67.85 (66.81,68.88) 80.84 (79.97,81.72)
Yes 44.75 (41.82,47.68) 18.35 (16.17,20.53) 15.11 (13.04,17.17) 1 (-0.11,2.11) 20.05 (17.77,22.33) 68.62 (66.14,71.09) 78.82 (76.7,80.94)
Diabetes No 35.9 (34.8,37) 21.07 (20.13,22.02) 16.67 (15.78,17.56) 0.73 (0.5,0.95) 18.95 (18.05,19.86) 66.52 (65.48,67.56) 78.76 (77.86,79.66)
Yes 58.18 (55.43,60.93) 22.05 (19.83,24.27) 14.43 (12.58,16.27) 0.9 (0.52,1.28) 21.47 (19.28,23.67) 76.63 (74.31,78.94) 91.38 (89.71,93.04)
Hypertension No 34.16 (32.92,35.39) 18.89 (17.86,19.93) 14.82 (13.86,15.78) 0.58 (0.31,0.86) 16.99 (16,17.97) 66.07 (64.86,67.29) 77.12 (76.05,78.19)
Yes 47.61 (45.85,49.37) 25.21 (23.66,26.75) 19.03 (17.58,20.49) 1.06 (0.79,1.32) 23.36 (21.83,24.88) 71.3 (69.78,72.82) 86.58 (85.41,87.76)
History of coronary heart disease No 38.71 (37.64,39.78) 21.55 (20.64,22.46) 16.66 (15.8,17.51) 0.76 (0.55,0.97) 19.66 (18.78,20.54) 67.58 (66.59,68.58) 80.04 (79.19,80.89)
Yes 42.76 (39.01,46.51) 16.99 (14.29,19.68) 12.36 (10.04,14.68) 0.64 (0.19,1.08) 14.93 (12.39,17.47) 72.2 (68.89,75.52) 86.42 (83.8,89.03)
History of stroke No 39.02 (37.98,40.05) 21.18 (20.3,22.05) 16.31 (15.5,17.13) 0.76 (0.56,0.96) 19.28 (18.43,20.12) 67.95 (66.99,68.91) 80.46 (79.64,81.27)
Yes 39.7 (31.8,47.59) 22.33 (15.16,29.5) 17.01 (10.86,23.16) 0.22 (-0.09,0.53) 20.35 (13.79,26.92) 67.72 (60.29,75.15) 85.92 (80.11,91.74)
Familial history of CVD No 38.22 (37.11,39.33) 20.91 (19.97,21.84) 16.12 (15.24,17) 0.61 (0.48,0.74) 18.74 (17.84,19.64) 67.26 (66.22,68.31) 79.95 (79.06,80.85)
Yes 43.86 (40.96,46.76) 22.63 (20.2,25.07) 17.41 (15.13,19.69) 1.54 (0.32,2.77) 22.02 (19.57,24.48) 71.6 (69.12,74.08) 83.76 (81.69,85.83)