Lipid profiles and determinants of total cholesterol and hypercholesterolaemia among 25-74 year-old urban and rural citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:The first is to estimate the prevalence of dyslipidaemia (hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) level), as well as the mean levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL and HDL, in the urban and rural Yangon Region, Myanmar. The second is to investigate the association between urban-rural location and total cholesterol. DESIGN:Two cross-sectional studies using the WHO STEPS methodology. SETTING:Both the urban and rural areas of the Yangon Region, Myanmar. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 1370 men and women aged 25-74 years participated based on a multistage cluster sampling. Physically and mentally ill people, monks, nuns, soldiers and institutionalised people were excluded. RESULTS:Compared with rural counterparts, urban dwellers had a significantly higher age-standardised prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia (50.7% vs 41.6%; p=0.042) and a low HDL level (60.6% vs 44.4%; p=0.001). No urban-rural differences were found in the prevalence of hypertriglyceridaemia and high LDL. Men had a higher age-standardised prevalence of hypertriglyceridaemia than women (25.1% vs 14.8%; p<0.001), while the opposite pattern was found in the prevalence of a high LDL (11.3% vs 16.3%; p=0.018) and low HDL level (35.3% vs 70.1%; p<0.001).Compared with rural inhabitants, urban dwellers had higher age-standardised mean levels of total cholesterol (5.31 mmol/L, SE: 0.044 vs 5.05 mmol/L, 0.068; p=0.009), triglyceride (1.65 mmol/L, 0.049 vs 1.38 mmol/L, 0.078; p=0.017), LDL (3.44 mmol/L, 0.019 vs 3.16 mmol/L, 0.058; p=0.001) and lower age-standardised mean levels of HDL (1.11 mmol/L, 0.010 vs 1.25 mmol/L, 0.012; p<0.001). In linear regression, the total cholesterol was significantly associated with an urban location among men, but not among women. CONCLUSION:The mean level of total cholesterol and the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia were alarmingly high in men and women in both the urban and rural areas of Yangon Region, Myanmar. Preventive measures to reduce cholesterol levels in the population are therefore needed.

journal_name

BMJ Open

journal_title

BMJ open

authors

Htet AS,Kjøllesdal MK,Aung WP,Moe Myint AN,Aye WT,Wai MM,Nu TT,Hla EM,Soe PP,Tun NWY,Angela N,Khaing MM,Htoo AK,Tun S,Thitsar P,Lwin T,Wai SS,Aung TT,Thant KA,Aung Po WW,Gauzam ST,Naing TT,Tun TM,Myint KS,

doi

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017465

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-11-15 00:00:00

pages

e017465

issue

11

issn

2044-6055

pii

bmjopen-2017-017465

journal_volume

7

pub_type

杂志文章

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