Table 1.
Prevalences of hypercholesterolemia (%) or hypertriglyceridemia (%) in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme during four periods from 1990–2010. Prevalences are adjusted for age. The numbers in brackets represent the 99% confidence intervals for the adjusted prevalence
| Prevalence (%) | Educational level | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic education | Medium education | High education | ||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Hypercholesterolemia | ||||||||
| 1990–1995 | 35.0 (33.3–36.8) | 37.7 (36.0–39.5) | 29.3 (27.8–30.9) | 21.3 (19.9–22.7) | 24.3 (22.1–26.6) | 15.7 (14.1–17.5) | 29.9(28.8–30.9) | 24.0(23.0–25.0) |
| 1996–2001 | 28.4 (26.7–30.1) | 27.6 (25.9–29.3) | 21.3 (20.1–22.5) | 15.5 (14.4–16.6) | 18.8 (17.1–20.6) | 12.5 (11.4–13.8) | 22.5 (21.7–23.4) | 17.0 (16.2–17.7) |
| 2002–2007 | 20.4 (18.7–22.1) | 18.6 (17.0–20.3) | 13.8 (13.0–14.7) | 9.1 (8.4–9.8) | 12.1 (11.0–13.4) | 7.0 (6.3–7.8) | 14.7 (14.1–15.4) | 9.9 (9.4–10.5) |
| 2008–2010 | 24.8 (21.9–27.9) | 20.0 (17.2–23.2) | 17.8 (16.5–19.2) | 12.8 (11.7–14.0) | 14.8 (13.1–16.6) | 8.7 (7.7–9.8) | 18.3 (17.3–19.4) | 12.5 (11.7–13.3) |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | ||||||||
| 1990–1995 | 37.1 (35.1–39.2) | 29.1 (27.4–30.9) | 34.4 (32.4–36.4) | 20.0 (18.5–21.5) | 29.4 (26.1–32.8) | 13.1 (11.4–15.0) | 34.9 (33.6–36.2) | 21.0 (20.1–22.0) |
| 1996–2001 | 30.1 (28.4–32.0) | 22.0 (20.5–23.6) | 27.9 (26.6–29.3) | 14.9 (13.9–16.0) | 24.0 (22.0–26.2) | 11.1 (10.0–12.4) | 27.8 (26.9–28.8) | 15.4 (14.7–16.1) |
| 2002–2007 | 33.2 (31.2–35.2) | 25.9 (24.0–27.8) | 31.8 (30.6–32.9) | 16.5 (15.5–17.5) | 26.4 (24.8–28.1) | 11.4 (10.5–12.4) | 30.7 (29.8–31.5) | 16.3 (15.6–17.0) |
| 2008–2010 | 35.7 (32.5–39.1) | 22.9 (19.9–26.2) | 33.0 (31.4–34.7) | 17.2 (15.9–18.7) | 27.6 (25.4–29.9) | 10.7 (9.6–12.0) | 31.9 (30.7–33.2) | 15.5 (14.6–16.4) |