Table 3.

Age- and sex-adjusted changes in mean cholesterol and triglycerides (mmol/l) (with 95% confidence intervals) from 2001 through 2019.

		Total cholesterol	HDL-C	Non-HDL-C	LDL-C	Triglycerides
All		-0.472 (-0.464, -0.479)	0.042 (0.039, 0.044)	-0.545 (-0.537, -0.553)	-0.491 (-0.479, -0.504)	-0.142 (-0.124, -0.161)
Women		-0.380 (-0.370, -0.389)a	0.041 (0.037, 0.045)a	-0.442 (-0.432, -0.453)a	-0.428 (-0.411, -0.444)a	-0.078 (-0.096, -0.061)a
Men		-0.555 (-0.544, -0.567)a	0.026 (0.022, 0.029)a	-0.617 (-0.605, -629)a	-0.536 (-0.518, -0.555)a	-0.177 (-0.144, -0.209)a
By age group (sex-adjusted)
<20 y	-0.242 (-0.178, -0.307)		0.008 (-0.021, 0.037)	-0.279 (-0.202, -0.356)	-0.202 (-0.086, -0.317)	-0.089 (-0.200, 0.022)
20-29 y	-0.218 (-0.200, -0.235)		0.043 (0.036, 0.051)b	-0.292 (-0.272, -0.313)	-0.234 (-0.202, -0.265)	-0.174 (-0.135, -0.212)
30-39 y	-0.284 (-0.271, -0.297)b		0.032 (0.028, 0.037)b	-0.337 (-0.322, -0.352)	-0.381 (-0.358, -0.403)b	-0.091 (-0.056, -0.125)
40-49 y	-0.395 (-0.383, -0.407)b		0.063 (0.059, 0.067)b	-0.455 (-0.442, -0.468)b	-0.492 (-0.473, -0.510)b	-0.050 (-0.021, -0.078)
By region (age + sex adjusted)
East	-0.458 (-0.450, -0.466)		0.037 (0.034, 0.040)	-0.529 (-0.520, -0.538)	-0.477 (-0.464, -0.490)	-0.137 (-0.117, -0.157)
South	-0.467 (-0.424, -0.510)		0.015 (0.001, 0.029)	-0.488 (-0.440, -0.535)	-0.381 (-0.305, -0.457)c	-0.014 (-0.123, 0.095)
West	-0.569 (-0.541, -0.597)c		0.017 (0.008, 0.027)c	-0.614 (-0.582, -0.646)c	-0.653 (-0.603, -0.703)c	-0.180 (-0.110, -0.251)
Mid	-0.694 (-0.522, -0.866)c		0.014 (-0.037, 0.065)	-0.671 (-0.497, -0.845)	-0.644 (-0.434, -0.853)	-0.303 (-0.665, 0.059)
North	-0.496 (-0.423, -0.568)		-0.059 (-0.038, -0.081)c	-0.455 (-0.377, -0.532)	-0.451 (-0.309, -0.593)	0.034 (-0.172, 0.240)

a Significant difference between men and women (p < 0.01).

b Significant difference in change compared to age group <20 years (p < 0.01).

c Significant difference in change compared to Eastern region (p < 0.01).