Research
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In urban and rural India, obesity (generalized and abdominal), diabetes, dysglycemia, and sedentary lifestyle are strongly associated with high prevalence of dyslipidemia, particularly low HDL-C and hypertriglyceridemia.
Focus on maintaining a healthy weight, managing blood sugar, and staying physically active to improve lipid profiles, especially if you live in urban or rural India where these risk factors are prevalent.
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Common significant risk factors for dyslipidemia included obesity, diabetes, and dysglycemia.
Why this rating
Large representative sample (n=16,607) using stratified multistage sampling, though cross-sectional design limits causal inference.
Source
Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in Urban and Rural India: The ICMR–INDIAB Study
Shashank Joshi et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0096808
cross_sectional · n=16607Cited 406×
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