title: Blood lipid profile and prevalence of dyslipidemia in Chinese adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the plasma lipid levels in a national representative sample of subjects and to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia in the Chinese population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Plasma lipid profile was analyzed using the data obtained during the Chinese national nutrition and health survey (CNHS) in 2002 which involved 14 252 participants at the age of 18 years or older.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in the participants were 3.81 mmol/L, 1.10 mmol/L, and 1.30 mmol/L, respectively. In the groups of participants at the age of 18-44 years, 45-59 years, and over 60 years the mean TC level was 3.70 mmol/L, 4.09 mmol/L and 4.21 mmol/L, respectively, and the mean TG level was 07 mmol/L, 1.21 mmol/L, 1.20 mmol/L, 1.29 mmol/L, 1.33 mmol/L, and 1.33 mmol/L, respectively. The prevalence of dyslipidemia in Chinese adults was 18.6% and 22.2% in males and 15.9% in females. Dyslipidemia prevalence was higher in urban districts than in rural areas (21.0% vs. 17.7%). The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and low HDL cholesterol was 2.9%, 11.9%, and 7.4% respectively among the participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dyslipidemia has become one of the important health risk factors in the Chinese population. There is no significantly difference in the prevalence of dyslipidemia between the groups of participants at the age of 45-59 years and over 60 years. This study provides important lipid profile data for policy making and guideline development for the prevention of dyslipidemia in the Chinese population.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 27 Nanwei Road, Beijing 100050, China. zhaowh@chinacdc.cn
authors.forename: Wen-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Qing-Qing
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: Chun-Rong
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood* / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids