Prevalence of Dyslipidemia and Its Determinants Among the Adult Population of the Jazan Region

Abstract

Purpose

To assess the prevalence of dyslipidemia and its determinants among adults in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia.

Methods

This data was collected during interviews utilizing a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire measured the demographics, diagnosis with dyslipidemia, and distribution of dyslipidemia determinants among the sample, including dietary habits and lifestyle practices. A chi-square test was used to examine the statistical difference between the characteristics of individuals who had reported checking their lipid profile to those who reported never performing a lipid profile check-up among participants not diagnosed with dyslipidemia.

Results

The current study included a total of 244 participants. The median age of the participants was 27 years, most participants were female (66.8%), and about 59% had a university education or above. Approximately 40% of the participants had ever had their lipid profile checked, 20.1% of the participants had been diagnosed with dyslipidemia, and 20.9% had family history of dyslipidemia. Most of the undiagnosed participants (79.9%) had more than one risk factor for developing dyslipidemia. All the participants without a dyslipidemia diagnosis had not been meeting the recommended levels of physical activity, and more than half consumed a high-fat diet. The results of the inferential analysis indicate that among those who had not been diagnosed with dyslipidemia, participants who were older than 27 years, male, unemployed, married, had a university education or above, and a minimum monthly income of 5000 Saudi Arabia Riyals were more likely to check their lipid profile compared to other groups (p-values <0.05).

Conclusion

The findings suggest that most of the participants who had not been diagnosed with dyslipidemia are at high risk of developing dyslipidemia. About 60% of the participants had never checked their lipid profile, suggesting a need to promote routine lipid profile check-ups among individuals at high-risk for dyslipidemia.

Keywords:

• dyslipidemia
• check-up
• determinants
• lipid
• adult population
• Saudi Arabia

Author Contributions

All authors contributed significantly to the work that was published, whether this was in the conceptualization, study design, implementation, data collection, analysis, and interpretation or in all of these areas. They all also participated in writing, revising, or critically evaluating the article, gave their final approval for the version that would be published, agreed on the journal to which the article would be submitted, and agreed to be responsible for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

Additional information

Funding

This study received no support from any funding source.