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[Prevalence of dyslipidemias in adults in laboratory tests from Salvador, Brazil]. / Prevalência de dislipidemias em adultos da demanda laboratorial de Salvador, Brasil.
Lessa, I; Conceicão, J L; Souza, M L; Oliveira, V; Carneiro, J; Melo, J; Pinheiro, J; Meireles, F; Netto, J; Reis, F; Gouvêa, R; Couto, M; Souza, S; Oliveira, M R.
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  • Lessa I; Universidade Federal da Bahia-UFBA, Salvador.
Arq Bras Cardiol ; 69(6): 395-400, 1997 Dec.
Article em Pt | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9609011
PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia in non-hospital laboratory tests of adults from Salvador, Brazil. METHODS: The study was carried out in subjects from a probabilistic sample of 25% of a total of 104 local laboratories that used the same enzymatic method for lipid analysis with the quality control as recommended by the Brazilian Society of Clinical Analyses. These represented 93% of all non-hospital laboratories of Salvador in 1995. The odd months of 1995 were selected for sampling in the present study. Criteria for dyslipidemias were: total cholesterol > or = 240; LDL > or = 160; HDL < 35 and triglycerides > or = 200 mg/dl. Prevalence rates and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) and chi 2 test were used in the analyses. RESULTS: Tests from two of the 26 laboratories were not used in the analyses due to file problems or refusal. 7,392 adults were screened, 65% female. We observed prevalence (95% CI) of hypercholesterolemia in 30.0 (27.8; 32.2)%, high LDL in 30.1 (30.8; 35.4)% and hypertriglyceridemia in 30.4 (29.0; 31.4)% of the females. As to the male subjects, prevalences were; 24.0 (20.5; 27.5)% for hypercholesterolemia, 26.1 (22.4; 29.3)% for high LDL, 27.6 (25.7; 29.5)% for hypertriglyceridemia. All gender differences were significant. Low HDL occurred in 15.9 (14.2; 17.8)% of males and in 8.0 (7.1; 8.9)% of females. CONCLUSION: Dyslipidemia is an important risk factor observed in non-hospital laboratory tests of men and women in Salvador. Our data may provide physicians and other health care professionals with objective information to encourage life-style changes.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Hiperlipidemias / HDL-Colesterol / LDL-Colesterol Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: Pt Revista: Arq Bras Cardiol Ano de publicação: 1997 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: El Salvador País de publicação: Brasil
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Hiperlipidemias / HDL-Colesterol / LDL-Colesterol Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: Pt Revista: Arq Bras Cardiol Ano de publicação: 1997 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: El Salvador País de publicação: Brasil