title: Lipid profile frequency and the prevalence of dyslipidaemia from biochemical tests at Saint Louis University Hospital in Senegal.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of lipid profile requests and the prevalence of dyslipidemia in patients at the biochemistry laboratory of St. Louis University Hospital, as well as their correlation with sex and age.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective study reviewing 14,116 laboratory results of patients of both sexes, over a period of six months (January-June 2013) regardless of the indication for the request. The lipid parameters included were: Total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides with normal values defined as follows: Total cholesterol (<2g/l), HDL- cholesterol (>0,40g/l), LDL- cholesterol (<1,30g/l) and Triglycerides (<1,50g/l).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average age of our study population was 55.15 years with a female predorminance (M/F = 0.60). The age group most represented was that between 55-64 years. The frequency of lipid profile request in our sample was 9.41% (or 1,329). The overall prevalence of isolated hypercholesterolemia, hyperLDLaemia, hypoHDLaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, and mixed hyperlipidemia were respectively 60.91%, 66.27%, 26.58%, 4.57% and 2.75%. Hypercholesterolemia, hyperLDLaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia and mixed hyperlipidaemia were higher in women with respectively 66.22%, 67.98%, 4.58%, 2.89% than in men (52.01%, 62.81%, 4.44% and 2.40% respectively). On the other hand, the prevalence of hypoHDLaemia was higher in males (32.19%) compared to females (23.76%). Hypercholesterolemia correlated significantly with age and sex.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study showed a relatively low request rate for lipid profile and a high prevalence of dyslipidaemia hence the importance of conducting a major study on the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated factors in the Senegalese population.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire Unité de formation et de recherche (UFR), Santé Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doupa
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Abdou Salam
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mbengue
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Fatou Agne
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Modou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jobe
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Arame
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Adama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Alassane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diatta
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Meissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Touré
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids
keywords: Lipid profile; Senegal; dyslipidaemia; prevalence