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Low HDL-C is the most common lipid abnormality in India, affecting 72.3% of the population, and is strikingly high in rural Jharkhand (61.7% isolated low HDL-C).
Get your lipid profile checked, paying special attention to HDL levels, as low HDL is very common in India and often goes unnoticed compared to high LDL.
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Low HDL-C was the most common lipid abnormality (72.3%) in all the four regions studied; it was present as an isolated abnormality in 44.9% of subjects.
Why this rating
Large sample size and representative sampling, though cross-sectional.
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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