Figure 3.

Pooled Prevalence of Hypercholesterolemia Grouped by LDL-C Based Cutoff

Studies are separated into 2 groups: 1) “cutoff used: no”: designating all studies which did not report using an LDL-C cut-off to define hypercholesterolemia; and 2) “cutoff used: yes”: designating all studies using any LDL-C cutoff to define hypercholesterolemia. Studies are listed individually by first author’s last name and year of publication. Hypercholesterolemia cases, sample size, prevalence rate, 95% CI, and study weight with a forest plot is included for each study. Pooled prevalence is reported using a random effects model for each group with 95% CI and total sample size. The black squares indicate the prevalence, and the size of the squares reflect the relative weighting of each study. The horizontal lines represent the 95% confidence intervals. LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Prev = prevalence.