Association between stressful life events and non-optimal lipid levels among women with hyperlipidaemia.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Psychological stress has been linked to lipid dysregulation with noticeable gender differences, but it remains unclear whether women are more susceptible to non-optimal lipid levels than men, when experiencing stressful life events. This study aims to examine the association between stressful life events and non-optimal lipid levels among persons with hyperlipidaemia and whether the association differs between men and women.

Methods and results

A nested case-control study was performed using data from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort (WSC) Study from 2011 to 2015, including 224 participants with hyperlipidaemia and without a history of myocardial infarction or heart failure. Among them, 63 participants with non-optimal LDL cholesterol or triglyceride levels were identified as

SUBMITTER: Kuo WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12740200 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature