Table 5 Lipids (means and standard deviation) and prevalence of hyperlipidaemia/dyslipidaemia using various cut-off points. Treatment for hyperlipidaemia.
Variable | Men born in 1953 50 years old n = 595 | Women born in 1953 50 years old n = 667 | Men born in 1943 60 years old n = 655 |
|---|---|---|---|
S-cholesterol mmol/l | 5.50 (1.01) | 5.44 (0.93) | 5.38 (0.93) |
HDL-cholesterol mmol/l | 1.45 (0.38) | 1.85 (0.45) | 1.52 (0.39) |
LDL-cholesterol mmol/l | 3.31 (0.87) | 3.05 (0.88) | 3.18 (0.83) |
S-triglycerides mmol/l | 1.71 (1.18) | 1.24 (1.14) | 1.54 (0.92) |
S-cholesterol <4.0 (%) | 4.7 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
S-cholesterol ≥ 5.0 (%) | 69.4 | 69.5 | 67.1 |
S-cholesterol ≥ 6.0 (%) | 32.4 | 24.6 | 26.0 |
HDL-cholesterol ≤ 1.0 (%) | 11.8 | 1.4 | 8.0 |
HDL-cholesterol ≥ 1.6 (%) | 34.1 | 73.4 | 40.4 |
LDL-cholesterol ≤ 2.0 (%) | 6.9 | 11.5 | 8.6 |
LDL-cholesterol ≥ 4.0 (%) | 22.8 | 14.2 | 18.7 |
S-triglycerides ≥ 1.7 (%) | 38.2 | 17.3 | 22.4 |
Treatment, drugs (%) | 3.9 | 2.9 | 14.5 |
Treatment, diet only (%) | 2.2 | 2.4 | 4.1 |