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Serum Cholesterol Concentration and Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of High Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2008–2010: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg

Authors
 Yong‐ho Lee  ;  Sang‐Guk Lee  ;  Myung Ha Lee  ;  Jeong‐Ho Kim  ;  Byung‐Wan Lee  ;  Eun Seok Kang  ;  Hyun Chul Lee  ;  Bong Soo Cha 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, Vol.3(1) : 446, 2014 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Issue Date
2014
MeSH
Adult ; Age Distribution ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Anticholesteremic Agents/therapeutic use* ; Awareness* ; Biomarkers/blood ; Cholesterol, LDL/blood* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Health Behavior ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* ; Health Surveys ; Humans ; Hypercholesterolemia*/blood ; Hypercholesterolemia*/diagnosis ; Hypercholesterolemia*/drug therapy ; Hypercholesterolemia*/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nutrition Surveys ; Prevalence ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Risk Factors ; Time Factors ; Treatment Outcome ; Triglycerides/blood ; Young Adult
Keywords
cholesterol ; epidemiology ; hypercholesterolemia ; low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The mortality rate from cardiovascular disease (CVD) among young adults has declined less than that in the older population, raising concerns about the increasing prevalence of obesity-related conditions including hypercholesterolemia in the younger population. We investigated the age-standardized mean levels of serum cholesterols and the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control rates of hyper-low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterolemia based on age.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Nationally representative samples of 19 489 subjects aged ≥20 years were analyzed from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2008-2010. Hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia was individually evaluated by the 2004 National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Age-standardized mean levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides were 186.8, 48.0, 112.9, and 136.0 mg/dL, respectively. Age-standardized prevalence of hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia was 23.2% (men, 25.5%; women, 21.8%). Among subjects with hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia, awareness and treatment rates were significantly lower in younger adults (<50 years) compared to older adults ≥50 years (awareness, 8.0% versus 21.5%; treatment, 5.1% versus 18.5%, all Ps<0.001), indicating significant discrepancies in awareness and treatment rates of hypercholesterolemia between younger and older adults. Among subjects aware of their hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia, younger adults were more likely to have controlled LDL-cholesterol than the elderly (82.1% versus 67.5%, P<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Compared to the elderly, significant proportions of young and middle-aged adults are unaware of their hypercholesterolemia and are not treated with proper lipid-lowering medications. Early screening, education, and proper management should be stressed in national public healthcare policies to reduce the increasing burden of CVD in the younger population with undiagnosed hypercholesterolemia.
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DOI
10.1161/JAHA.113.000650
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Laboratory Medicine (진단검사의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kang, Eun Seok(강은석) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-4675
Kim, Jeong Ho(김정호) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2479-0548
Lee, Myung Ha(이명하)
Lee, Byung Wan(이병완) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9899-4992
Lee, Sang-Guk(이상국) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3862-3660
Lee, Yong Ho(이용호) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-4942
Lee, Hyun Chul(이현철)
Cha, Bong Soo(차봉수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0542-2854
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/98206
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