Prevelance of abnormal blood lipid in the population of east azarbaijan province
Abstract
Chronic diseases are related to many environmental and lifestyle factors, such as incorrect eating habits, lack of proper physical activity, etc., all of these factors are prevalent in today's modern society. There is little information about the condition of dyslipidemia in the province. Further investigation seems to identify and accelerate the deployment of services.
method: This project is a cross-sectional study in which the prevalence of non-communicable diseases and related risk factors have been studied. In this study, 1500 households were examined. Data has been collected through face-to-face interviews and physical measurements and laboratory sampling.
Results: 2816 people were included in this study. Based on this, the age group of people included in the study was equal to 15-65 years, and the age group of 45-55 years was the largest age group in the study population. In the study of the gender distribution of people, 1367 people (48.5%) are considered to be men and 1449 people (51.5%) are considered to be women. In this study, 69.1% of the population had a diploma or sub-diploma education, and 52.9% of the population was unemployed. In the present study, serum levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides higher than 200, 130, 150 mg/dl, and HDL cholesterol lower than 40 in men and 50 mg/dl in women, or the use of drugs related to dyslipidemia were considered as Abnormal lipid factors. According to the ATPII (adult treatment panel II) criteria, the presence of all or any of the above disorders was defined as dyslipidemia.