Table 2.
Percentages (numbers) of participants with dyslipidaemia and of those taking lipid lowering treatment
| Age 16-44
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Age 45-64
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Age ⩾65
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All ages
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| Total (n=4790) | Men (n=2302) | Women (n=2488) | Total (n=3584) | Men (n=1688) | Women (n=1896) | Total (n=2195) | Men (n=1011) | Women (n=1184) | Total (n=10 569) | Men (n=5001) | Women (n=5568) | ||||
| Total cholesterol: | |||||||||||||||
| ⩾7.8 mmol/l | 1 (67) | 2 (46) | 1 (21) | 8 (289) | 9 (146) | 8 (143) | 12 (261) | 7 (67) | 16 (194) | 6 (617) | 5 (259) | 6 (358) | |||
| ⩾6.5 mmol/l | 9 (453) | 12 (277) | 7 (176) | 29 (1033) | 27 (455) | 30 (578) | 39 (849) | 27 (272) | 49 (577) | 22 (2335) | 20 (1004) | 24 (1331) | |||
| ⩾5.0 mmol/l | 50 (2406) | 53 (1230) | 47 (1176) | 80 (2882) | 81 (1359) | 80 (1523) | 84 (1845) | 76 (770) | 91 (1075) | 68 (7133) | 67 (3359) | 68 (3774) | |||
| Ratio of total to HDL cholesterol ⩾5 | 18 (880) | 27 (626) | 10 (254) | 32 (1147) | 44 (741) | 21 (406) | 35 (777) | 40 (402) | 32 (375) | 27 (2804) | 35 (1769) | 19 (1035) | |||
| Taking treatment | <1 (13) | <1 (9) | <1 (4) | 4 (130) | 5 (78) | 3 (52) | 4 (94) | 4 (40) | 5 (54) | 2 (237) | 3 (127) | 2 (110) | |||
HDL=high density lipoprotein.