Abstract

GALVIS PEREZ, Yeisson; BARONA ACEVEDO, Jacqueline  and  CARDONA ARIAS, Jaiberth Antonio. Prevalence of dyslipidemia in a health services provider institution of Medellin (Colombia), 2013. CES Med. [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.1, pp.3-13. ISSN 0120-8705.

Introduction: dyslipidemias include a set of alterations on blood lipid concentrations due to genetic variations and/or secondary to lifestyle factors. Objective: to determine the dyslipidemia prevalence in people attending an Investigative, Teaching and Healthcare Laboratory of Medellín, in 2013. Methods: a cross sectional study was performed in a population of 6,384 people using secondary information. Summary measures and frequency, and multivariate binary logistic regression were performed. All analyzes were performed using SPSS 21.0® and Epidat 3.0. Results: the total prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia was 41.8 %, hypercholesterolemia 46.0 %, high LDL Cholesterol 67.5 %, low HDL Cholesterol 40.4 % and dyslipidemia 74.7 %; lipid abnormalities showed statistical association with sex and age group. Conclusion: A high prevalence of dyslipidemia and alteration of all atherogenic ratios were found; the adults over 44 years and women had increased risk of dyslipidemia, these are important data because it determines which population needs subsequent interventions..

Keywords : Prevalence; Dyslipidemias; Colombia.

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