Table 1.

Prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol in the Pan-European Survey of HDL-cholesterol (Bruckert et al 2005a)

	Receiving lipid-modifying treatment	No lipid-modifying treatment
Low HDL-cholesterol (%)
Men	32.5	34.4
Women	39.9	38.5
Low HDL-cholesterol and high triglycerides (%)
Men	21.2	26.3
Women	24.9	26.9

Notes: Low HDL-cholesterol: <1.03 mmol/L (men), <1.29 mmol/L (women); high triglycerides: >1.69 mmol/L (men and women).