title: Plasma lipids in a rural population of Bangladesh.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Plasma lipids are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Population-based data on plasma lipids are scarce in Bangladesh.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated plasma lipid levels in a rural population of Bangladesh in 2001. Fasting blood was collected in 447 adults (157 men and 290 women) aged 20-79 years (mean+/-standard deviation 40+/-11 years in men, and 39+/-10 in women).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglycerides and total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio levels were 182+/-56, 39+/-10, 115+/-53, 139+/-72 mg/dl and 4.8+/-1.8, respectively. The prevalence of abnormal lipid levels were as follows: hypercholesterolemia (total cholesterol > or =240 mg/dl) 16.1%, high LDL cholesterol (> or =160 mg/dl) 20.4%, low HDL cholesterol (<40 mg/dl) 66.4%, hypertriglyceridemia (> or =200 mg/dl) 15.0% and total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio (>5.5) 32.7%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of dyslipidemias, especially in the case of low HDL cholesterol, appears to be high even in this rural population of Bangladesh.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Dhaka, Bangladesh. zamanm@whoban.org
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mostafa Zaman
authors.forename: Sohel R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Jasimuddin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshiike
authors.forename: Sharkar M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Numan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadequl Islam
authors.forename: Kawsar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Parvin
authors.forename: Ferdous
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hakim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol