Secular trends in serum lipid profiles in young adults in Norway, 2001-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lower prevalence of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as dyslipidemia, hypertension and smoking, can explain a substantial part of the decline in CVD mortality and incidence for the past decades in Western countries. However, some studies have indicated less favorable trends in risk factors in recent years. We have assessed time trends in lipid profiles among young adults in Norway measured between 2001 and 2019.

Methods

Samples of serum lipids analyzed at one large medical laboratory in Oslo, Norway, mainly requisitioned by primary care physicians, were analyzed cross-sectionally to estimate year-to-year trends among men and women aged 18-49 years. We also assessed the lipid distributions and proportions with adverse lipid levels.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Arnesen EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9833235 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature