Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Several studies have been conducted to estimate the population prevalence of hypertension, or its diagnosis and treatment. There is no multinationally comparable information on the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia, or its diagnosis and treatment, since individual studies are often not directly comparable. METHODS:Data from the WHO MONICA Project's final risk factor surveys were used. Data were collected using standardized methods between 1989 and 1997 for the 35-64 year age range in 32 populations, in 19 countries on 3 continents. RESULTS:The prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia (total cholesterol > or = 6.5 mmol/l or taking lipid-lowering drugs) varied across populations from 3% to 53% in men, and from 4% to 40% in women. Awareness of hypercholesterolaemia varied from 1% to 33% in men, and from 0% to 31% in women. In most populations, over 50% of men and women on lipid-lowering drugs had a cholesterol level < 6.5 mmol/l. CONCLUSIONS:There is wide variation in the prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypercholesterolaemia between populations. For the planning and implementation of primary prevention programmes and for the development of health care systems, monitoring of changes, both within and between populations, is essential. To obtain reliable information on these changes, well-standardized methods must be applied.
journal_name
Int J Epidemioljournal_title
International journal of epidemiologyauthors
Tolonen H,Keil U,Ferrario M,Evans A,WHO MONICA Project.doi
10.1093/ije/dyi056keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2005-02-01 00:00:00pages
181-92issue
1eissn
0300-5771issn
1464-3685pii
dyh298journal_volume
34pub_type
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