title: A study of the prevalence of dyslipidemia among the adult population of Ahvaz, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hypercholesterolemia is one of the main causes of the disease burden in developed and developing countries. The present study is planned to access the prevalence of dyslipidemia and its risk factors among the general population of Ahvaz over 20 years of age.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive-analytic study, using multi-stage cluster method, out of the 25 existing health centers in the city of Ahvaz (four health centers in the Eastern Ahvaz and two centers in the west were chosen based on the population they covered). The blood samples of the participants were taken after 12h of fasting for measure FBS, TG, Chol, HDLand LDL level their heights, and weights were measured using the standard methods. Interviewing the participants, the research questionnaires were filled by the trained health workers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 2505 participants, 1155 samples (%46.1) were male with mean age of 42.9±14.5years and 1350 samples (%53.9) were women with the mean age of 39.9±12.6 years. The prevalence of dyslipidemia among the individuals over 20 years of age in Ahvaz was %80.9 (%75.9 in male and %85.1 in female). Age and BMI were positively correlated with increase in the risk of dyslipidemia. Women had a higher risk of dyslipidemia CONCLUSION: This study showed that more than %80 over 20 years old Ahvazian population had dyslipidemia(female more than male). Age and BMI are positively correlated with increasing dyslipidemia in my population.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Mahmoud
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Latifi
authors.affiliation: Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Electronic address: golestandrc_88@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moradi
authors.affiliation: Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Hajieh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shahbazian
authors.affiliation: Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Armaghan Moravej
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aleali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol
keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Dyslipidemia; High LDL; Low HDL; Triglyceride