Research Article
The Prevalence of Dyslipidemia among Jordanians
Table 1
Prevalence of dyslipidemia by selected variables, Jordan, 2017.
| | Variables | Hypercholesterolemia
5.17 mmol/l
n (%) | Hypertriglyceridemia
1.70 mmol/l
n (%) | Low HDL-C
F ≤1.29 mmol, M ≤1.03 mmol/l
n (%) | High LDL-C
2.59 mmol/l
n (%) | TC/HDL ratio
>5
n (%) |
| | Overall | 1780 (44.3) | 1683 (41.9) | 2391 (59.5) | 3049 (75.9) | 1335 (33.2) |
| | Gender | | | | | | | Male | 509 (43.0) | 647 (54.6) | 732 (61.8) | 883 (74.6) | 619 (52.3) | | Female | 1271 (44.8) | 1036 (36.5) | 1659 (58.5) | 2166 (76.4) | 716 (25.3) |
| | P-value | 0.274 | 0.000 | 0.052 | 0.218 | 0.000 |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | | 25-29 | 83 (29.5) | 58 (20.6) | 120 (42.7) | 179 (63.7) | 44 (15.7) | | 30-39 | 324 (40.5) | 281 (35.1) | 449 (56.1) | 611 (76.4) | 219 (27.4) | | 40-49 | 562 (52.7) | 516 (48.4) | 665 (62.4) | 907 (85.2) | 419 (39.3) | | 50-59 | 467 (55.7) | 457 (54.5) | 550 (65.6) | 696 (83.1) | 377 (45.0) | | 60-69 | 208 (51.9) | 245 (61.1) | 269 (67.1) | 314 (78.3) | 178 (44.4) | | 70 | 75 (41.9) | 78 (43.6) | 104 (58.1) | 132 (73.7) | 62 (34.6) |
| | P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | | Normal | 249 (31.0) | 166 (20.7) | 364 (45.3) | 499 (62.1) | 142 (17.7) | | Overweight | 602 (46.4) | 548 (42.3) | 735 (56.7) | 1030 (79.4) | 446 (34.4) | | Obese | 916 (50.6) | 954 (52.7) | 1243 (68.7) | 1467 (81.1) | 737 (40.7) |
| | P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| | Waist to height ratio | | | | | | | Normal | 954 (40.2) | 787 (33.1) | 1246 (52.5) | 1714 (72.2) | 620 (26.1) | | Abnormal | 821 (50.4) | 890 (54.6) | 1135 (69.7) | 1323 (81.2) | 711 (43.6) |
| | P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| | Geographical region | | | | | | | North | 579 (44.7) | 602 (46.5) | 785 (60.6) | 991 (76.5) | 441 (34.1) | | Middle | 784 (44.4) | 648 (36.7) | 1030 (58.4) | 1316 (74.6) | 559 (31.7) | | South | 417 (43.4) | 433 (45.1) | 576 (60.0) | 742 (77.3) | 335 (34.9) |
| | P-value | 0.809 | 0.000 | 0.433 | 0.251 | 0.175 |
| | Marital status | | | | | | | Married | 1452 (47.2) | 1422 (46.2) | 187 (61.0) | 2438 (79.2) | 1131 (36.8) | | Single | 141 (23.7) | 88 (14.8) | 298 (50.0) | 331 (55.5) | 74 (12.4) | | Divorced or widow | 180 (53.9) | 164 (49.1) | 206 (61.7) | 271 (81.1) | 122 (36.5) |
| | P-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| | Smoking | | | | | | | Smoker | 258 (44.4) | 313 (53.9) | 420 (72.4) | 444 (76.6) | 316 (54.5) | | Non-smoker | 1513 (44.3) | 1356 (39.7) | 1957 (57.2) | 2590 (75.8) | 1009 (29.5) |
| | P-value | 0.945 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.678 | 0.000 |
| | Hypertension | | | | | | | Yes | 438 (46.3) | 563 (59.5) | 664 (70.2) | 729 (77.1) | 414 (43.8) | | No | 1329 (43.7) | 1103 (36.3) | 1704 (56.0) | 2296 (75.5) | 908 (29.9) |
| | P-value | 0.160 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| | Diabetes mellitus | | | | | | | Yes | 353 (46.3) | 485 (63.6) | 547 (71.9) | 564 (74.1) | 341 (44.8) | | No | 1420 (43.8) | 1186 (36.6) | 1832 (56.5) | 2471 (76.3) | 985 (30.4) |
| | P-value | 0.212 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.212 | 0.000 |
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