1. Prevalence, patterns and predictors of dyslipidaemia in Nigeria: a report from the REMAH study
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Babangida S. Chori, John O. Ogedengbe, Godsent Isiguzo, Akinyemi Aje, Augustine N. Odili, Kabiru Sada, Peter C. Nwakile, Maxwell M. Nwegbu, Ime Essien, Umar Abdullahi, Innocent Chukwuemeka Okoye, Kefas Zawaya, and Benjamin Danladi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Hypercholesterolemia ,Nigeria ,Hyperlipidemias ,Odds ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal medicine ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Triglycerides ,Dyslipidemias ,Lipoprotein cholesterol ,business.industry ,Serum lipid levels ,Cardiovascular Topics ,Nigerians ,Cholesterol, HDL ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Cholesterol, LDL ,General Medicine ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Confidence interval ,Cholesterol ,lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins) ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Aim The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of dyslipidaemia in adults in Nigeria. Methods Using the WHO criteria, we determined dyslipidaemia using serum lipid levels of 3 211 adult Nigerians, aged at least 18 years, obtained between March 2017 and February 2018 from two communities (rural and urban) in a state from each of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Results The overall prevalence of low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (l-HDL), elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (e-LDL), hypertriglyceridaemia (h-TG) and hypercholesterolaemia (h-CHL) were 72.5,13.6, 21.4 and 7.5%, respectively. The adjusted odds of h-CHL [odds ratio (95% confidence interval) 1.47 (1.10-1.95)], h-TG [1.89 (1.48-2.41)] and e-LDL [1.51 (1.03-2.15)] increased with obesity. Being a rural dweller increased the odds of h-TG [1.55 (1.29-1.85)], e-LDL [1.38 (1.10-1.73)] and l-HDL [1.34 (1.14-1.58)]. The odds of h-CHL [2.16 (1.59-2.95)], h-TG [1.21 (1.01-1.47)], e-LDL [1.42 (1.13-1.80)] and l-HDL [0.78 (0.65-0.93)] increased with hypertension. Diabetes mellitus doubled only the odds of h-TG [2.04(1.36-3.03)]. Conclusion The prevalence of dyslipidaemia, particularly low HDL-C, is high among adult Nigerians.
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- 2022