Trends in lipid levels and hypercholesterolemia in hypertensive and normotensive Finnish adults from 1982 to 1997
Population
24,083 men and women aged 25-64 years, selected randomly from the national population register in Finland…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Implication
May reflect better risk factor control in hypertensives; extends observational trends but leaves contemporary relevance and causality open.
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Population
24,083 men and women aged 25-64 years, selected randomly from the national population register in Finland, classified into normotensive, unaware hypertensive, aware but not treated hypertensive, and treated hypertensive.
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Outcome
Mean serum total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol concentrations, prevalence of hypercholesterolemia (total cholesterol ≥6.5 mmol/L or use of lipid-lowering drugs), prevalence of high ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol (ratio ≥5), and awareness of hypercholesterolemiasurrogate
The lipid profile of both hypertensive and normotensive populations in Finland significantly improved from 1982 to 1997, though HDL cholesterol remained lower in treated hypertensive patients.
Cite This Study
Kastarinen et al. (2000) studied this question.