Dyslipidemias and cardiovascular risk scores in urban and rural populations in north-western Tanzania and southern Uganda

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 12; p. e0223189
• Main Authors: Kavishe, Bazil, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Katende, David, Kapiga, Saidi, Munderi, Paula, Baisley, Kathy, Biraro, Samuel, Mosha, Neema, Mutungi, Gerald, Mghamba, Janneth, Hughes, Peter, Smeeth, Liam, Grosskurth, Heiner, Peck, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.12.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Apolipoprotein B; Apolipoproteins; Apolipoproteins - analysis; Apolipoproteins - blood; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Biology and Life Sciences; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - blood; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular System - physiopathology; Cholesterol; Cholesterol - analysis; Cholesterol - blood; Cholesterol, HDL - analysis; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Cholesterol, LDL - analysis; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; Chronic illnesses; Cities and towns; Cross-Sectional Studies; Density; Dyslipidemia; Dyslipidemias - blood; Dyslipidemias - epidemiology; Earth Sciences; Education; Epidemiology; Female; Health risks; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - physiopathology; Lipids; Lipids - blood; Low density lipoproteins; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolic disorders; Middle Aged; Obesity; Older people; People and Places; Pharmaceutical industry; Polls & surveys; Population density; Population studies; Populations; Prevalence; Public health; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Rural Population; Rural populations; Serum levels; Strata; Studies; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tanzania - epidemiology; Triglycerides; Triglycerides - analysis; Triglycerides - blood; Uganda - epidemiology; Urban Population; Urban populations; Uganda; Tanzania; South Africa; Malawi; Germany; United Kingdom > UK; Africa

Dyslipidemia is a leading risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. There are few published epidemiological data regarding dyslipidemia in Africa. We determined full lipid and apolipoprotein profiles and investigated factors associated with lipid levels in urban and rural populations o...