National trends in total cholesterol obscure heterogeneous changes in HDL and non-HDL cholesterol and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio: a pooled analysis of 458 population-based studies in Asian and Western countries
Background: Although high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and non-HDL cholesterol have opposite associations with coronary heart disease, multi-country reports of lipid trends only use total cholesterol (TC). Our aim was to compare trends in total, HDL and nonHDL cholesterol and the total-to-HDL cholester...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Conselleria de Salut i Consum del Govern de les Illes Balears |
| Repository: | Docusalut |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docusalut.com:20.500.13003/11702 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/11702 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | United States Female Cholesterol, HDL Sex Factors Europe Cholesterol, LDL Male Lipids Population Surveillance Canada Middle Aged Asian Continental Ancestry Group Humans Cholesterol Asia Triglycerides Aged European Continental Ancestry Group Age Factors Adult Estados Unidos HDL-Colesterol LDL-Colesterol Femenino Vigilancia de la Población Anciano Triglicéridos Adulto Factores Sexuales Colesterol Masculino Humanos Lípidos Grupo de Ascendencia Continental Europea Grupo de Ascendencia Continental Asiática Europa (Continente) Canadá Persona de Mediana Edad Factores de Edad Pueblo Asiatico Total cholesterol LDL cholesterol HDL cholesterol blood lipids multi-country study |
| Summary: | Background: Although high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and non-HDL cholesterol have opposite associations with coronary heart disease, multi-country reports of lipid trends only use total cholesterol (TC). Our aim was to compare trends in total, HDL and nonHDL cholesterol and the total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio in Asian and Western countries. Methods: We pooled 458 population-based studies with 82.1 million participants in 23 Asian and Western countries. We estimated changes in mean total, HDL and non-HDL cholesterol and mean total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio by country, sex and age group. Results: Since similar to 1980, mean TC increased in Asian countries. In Japan and South Korea, the TC rise was due to rising HDL cholesterol, which increased by up to 0.17 mmol/L per decade in Japanese women; in China, it was due to rising non-HDL cholesterol. TC declined in Western countries, except in Polish men. The decline was largest in Finland and Norway, at similar to 0.4 mmol/L per decade. The decline in TC in most Western countries was the net effect of an increase in HDL cholesterol and a decline in non-HDL cholesterol, with the HDL cholesterol increase largest in New Zealand and Switzerland. Mean total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio declined in Japan, South Korea and most Western countries, by as much as similar to 0.7 per decade in Swiss men (equivalent to similar to 26% decline in coronary heart disease risk per decade). The ratio increased in China. Conclusions: HDL cholesterol has risen and the total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio has declined in many Western countries, Japan and South Korea, with only a weak correlation with changes in TC or non-HDL cholesterol. |
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