Open AccessPrevalence of dyslipidaemia and factors associated with dyslipidaemia among South Asian adults: The Center for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Zafar Fatmi,
Dimple Kondal,
Roopa Shivashankar,
Romaina Iqbal,
Adeel Ahmed Khan,
Mohan Deepa,
Rajendra Pradeepa,
Ruby Gupta,
Mohammed K. Ali,
Vamadevan S. Ajay,
Viswanathan Mohan,
Muhammad Masood Kadir,
K M Venkat Narayan,
Dorairaj Prabhakaran,
Nikhil Tandon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
national medical journal of india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0970-258X
DOI - 10.4103/0970-258x.314005
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , cohort , south asia , center (category theory) , cohort study , demography , sociology , ethnology , chemistry , history , crystallography
. The pattern of dyslipidaemia in South Asia is believed to be different from that in other parts of the world. Nonetheless, limited population-based data are available from the region. We assessed the prevalence, types of, and factors associated with dyslipidaemia among South Asians.