Socioeconomic and geographic variations in the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of dyslipidemia in middle-aged and older Chinese

Unevenly socioeconomic development and nutrition transition might bring large variations in the epidemiology of dyslipidemia. We aimed to estimate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of dyslipidemia in different socioeconomic status and geographic regions in China, and to assess the associated factors and comorbidities of dyslipidemia.

Source: Atherosclerosis - January 19, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Peige Song, Mingming Zha, Xiangming Yang, Yuehong Xu, Hanyu Wang, Zhe Fang, Xiangrong Yang, Wei Xia, Chunxian Zeng Source Type: research