Sex differences in hypercholesterolemia management (2002-2022): evidence from the Swiss National Health Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate sex differences in hypercholesterolemia management (screening, diagnosis, treatment, control) in Switzerland (2002-2022); secondarily, to examine whether these disparities changed over time and varied by age.

Methods

Data from five nationally representative Swiss Health Surveys were used (n = 72,804; 53.9 % female). Multivariable logistic regressions were adjusted for demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle covariates. Age-stratified analyses used >50 years as a proxy for menopause.

Results

After multivariable adjustment, no significant sex differences in screening were observed except in 2022. Across all survey years, females were consistently less likely to be diagnosed with hypercholesterolemia (e.g., OR 0.66, 95 % CI 0.61, 0.70 in

SUBMITTER: Yi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547935 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature