Table 2.

Age-standardised† prevalence of dyslipidaemia among 25–74 year-old citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar

	Hypercholesterolaemia	Hypertriglyceridaemia	High LDL	Low HDL
	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)
Sex
Male	48.8 (43.1 to 54.6)	25.1 (20.7 to 30.1)	11.3 (8.4 to 15.0)	35.3 (29.1 to 42.1)
Female	44.3 (38.0 to 50.8)	14.8 (11.0 to 19.7)	16.3 (12.4 to 21.2)	70.1 (64.2 to 75.3)
p Value**	0.243	<0.001*	0.018*	<0.001*
Location
Urban	50.7 (45.1 to 56.4)	20.2 (16.7 to 24.1)	13.5 (9.3 to 19.1)	60.6 (55.8 to 65.1)
Rural	41.6 (35.0 to 48.4)	18.0 (11.4 to 27.2)	15.3 (11.2 to 20.6)	44.4 (38.0 to 51.0)
p Value**	0.042*	0.583	0.564	0.001*
Education
No formal	55.3 (50.5 to 60.0)	23.5 (19.9 to 27.4)	12.0 (8.9 to 15.8)	47.4 (41.8 to 53.1)
1–5 years	42.3 (36.6 to 48.3)	18.9 (13.2 to 26.4)	14.6 (12.0 to 17.6)	52.8 (46.9 to 58.7)
6–11 years	55.5 (46.9 to 63.8)	22.5 (18.5 to 27.1)	14.8 (9.2 to 22.9)	46.8 (40.2 to 53.6)
>11 years	44.1 (37.7 to 50.6)	15.5 (11.3 to 20.8)	14.7 (10.6 to 20.0)	62.6 (55.4 to 69.2)
p Value**	0.011*	0.032*	0.692	0.031*
Income
US$<1.9/day	43.3 (36.8 to 50.1)	19.9 (14.7 to 26.5)	12.8 (10.1 to 14.9)	54.2 (48.1 to 60.2)
US$1.9–3.09/day	51.1 (42.9 to 59.2)	18.9 (15.3 to 23.2)	15.1 (10.0 to 22.1)	50.8 (44.2 to 57.4)
US$≥3.1/day	50.0 (44.9 to 55.1)	18.1 (13.1 to 24.4)	17.4 (12.9 to 23.1)	53.6 (47.6 to 59.6)
p Value**	0.001*	0.588	0.032*	0.407
Total	46.8 (42.2 to 51.5)	19.3 (15.4 to 23.9)	14.2 (11.0 to 18.1)	53.4 (49.7 to 57.1)

*p<0.05; **p value from Wald test.

†Direct standardisation, based on the 2014 Yangon Region Census population.

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.