Open AccessPrevalence of Dyslipidemia in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted at Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Sahadeb Prasad Dhungana,
Arun Kumar Mahato,
Rinku Ghimire,
Rupesh Kumar Shreewastav
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.4765
Subject(s) - medicine , dyslipidemia , acute coronary syndrome , cross sectional study , confidence interval , high density lipoprotein , lipid profile , triglyceride , population , cholesterol , risk factor , national cholesterol education program , gastroenterology , metabolic syndrome , environmental health , obesity , pathology , myocardial infarction
Dyslipidemia is one of the major risk factors for acute coronary syndrome. Dyslipidemia with an increase in total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for the acute coronary syndrome and alone account for more than 50% of population attributable risk. This study was conducted to find out the prevalence of dyslipidemia.