| Autor: |
Johanes Dedi Kanchau, Ralph Kwame Akyea, Noorhida Baharudin, Mohamed-Syarif Mohamed-Yassin, Aisyah Kamal, Yung-An Chua, Aimi Zafira Razman, Hasidah Abdul-Hamid, Suraya Abdul-Razak, Siti Fatimah Badlishah-Sham, Aznida Firzah Abdul Aziz, Nadeem Qureshi, Anis Safura Ramli |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 27, Iss , Pp 101619- (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2213-3984 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101619 |
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Background: Adults with severely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) may have familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and are at high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The prevalence of elevated LDL-c in primary care clinics in Malaysia is not known. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and distributions of severely elevated LDL-c among adult patients attending public primary care clinics in Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at 11 public primary care clinics in the central states of Malaysia, among adults ≥18 years old with LDL-c recorded in the electronic medical record. Sociodemographic and LDL-c data from 2018 to 2020 were extracted. Severely elevated LDL-c was defined as ≥4 mmol/L, which were further classified into: 4.0–4.9, 5.0–5.9, 6.0–6.9 and ≥ 7 mmol/L. Results: Out of 139,702 patients, 44,374 (31.8 %) had severely elevated LDL-c of ≥4 mmol/L of which the majority were females (56.7 %). The mean (±SD) age of patients with severely elevated LDL-c was younger at 56.3 (±13.2) years compared to those with LDL-c of |
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