Table 3.
Percentages (numbers) of participants with dyslipidaemia taking treatment and percentage whose dyslipidaemia is controlled
| Age 16-44
|
Age 45-64
|
Age 65-75
|
Age >75
|
All ages
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| Total cholesterol concentration ⩾6.5 | (n=277) | (n=176) | (n=455) | (n=578) | (n=206) | (n=354) | (n=66) | (n=223) | (n=1004) | (n=1331) | ||||
| Treated | 3 (9) | 2 (4) | 17 (78) | 9 (52) | 18 (38) | 12 (43) | 3 (2) | 5 (11) | 13 (127) | 8 (110) | ||||
| Controlled* | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 5 (23) | 2 (12) | 9 (18) | 3 (9) | 2 (1) | 0 (1) | 4 (44) | 2 (22) | ||||
| Ratio of total to HDL cholesterol ⩾5 | (n=626) | (n=254) | (n=741) | (n=406) | (n=299) | (n=250) | (n=103) | (n=125) | (n=1769) | (n=1035) | ||||
| Treated | 1 (9) | 2 (4) | 11 (78) | 13 (52) | 13 (38) | 17 (43) | 2 (2) | 9 (11) | 7 (127) | 11 (110) | ||||
| Controlled† | 1 (4) | 0 (1) | 5 (39) | 9 (35) | 10 (29) | 12 (31) | 1 (1) | 9 (11) | 4 (73) | 8 (78) | ||||
HDL=high density lipoprotein.
*
Total cholesterol <5 mmol/l.
†
Ratio of total to HDL cholesterol <5.