Age-standardised† prevalence of dyslipidaemia among 25–74 year-old citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar
| Hypercholesterolaemia | Hypertriglyceridaemia | High LDL | Low HDL | |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 48.8 (43.1 to 54.6) | 25.1 (20.7 to 30.1) | 11.3 (8.4 to 15.0) | 35.3 (29.1 to 42.1) |
| Female | 44.3 (38.0 to 50.8) | 14.8 (11.0 to 19.7) | 16.3 (12.4 to 21.2) | 70.1 (64.2 to 75.3) |
| p Value** | 0.243 | <0.001* | 0.018* | <0.001* |
| Location | ||||
| Urban | 50.7 (45.1 to 56.4) | 20.2 (16.7 to 24.1) | 13.5 (9.3 to 19.1) | 60.6 (55.8 to 65.1) |
| Rural | 41.6 (35.0 to 48.4) | 18.0 (11.4 to 27.2) | 15.3 (11.2 to 20.6) | 44.4 (38.0 to 51.0) |
| p Value** | 0.042* | 0.583 | 0.564 | 0.001* |
| Education | ||||
| No formal | 55.3 (50.5 to 60.0) | 23.5 (19.9 to 27.4) | 12.0 (8.9 to 15.8) | 47.4 (41.8 to 53.1) |
| 1–5 years | 42.3 (36.6 to 48.3) | 18.9 (13.2 to 26.4) | 14.6 (12.0 to 17.6) | 52.8 (46.9 to 58.7) |
| 6–11 years | 55.5 (46.9 to 63.8) | 22.5 (18.5 to 27.1) | 14.8 (9.2 to 22.9) | 46.8 (40.2 to 53.6) |
| >11 years | 44.1 (37.7 to 50.6) | 15.5 (11.3 to 20.8) | 14.7 (10.6 to 20.0) | 62.6 (55.4 to 69.2) |
| p Value** | 0.011* | 0.032* | 0.692 | 0.031* |
| Income | ||||
| US$<1.9/day | 43.3 (36.8 to 50.1) | 19.9 (14.7 to 26.5) | 12.8 (10.1 to 14.9) | 54.2 (48.1 to 60.2) |
| US$1.9–3.09/day | 51.1 (42.9 to 59.2) | 18.9 (15.3 to 23.2) | 15.1 (10.0 to 22.1) | 50.8 (44.2 to 57.4) |
| US$≥3.1/day | 50.0 (44.9 to 55.1) | 18.1 (13.1 to 24.4) | 17.4 (12.9 to 23.1) | 53.6 (47.6 to 59.6) |
| p Value** | 0.001* | 0.588 | 0.032* | 0.407 |
| Total | 46.8 (42.2 to 51.5) | 19.3 (15.4 to 23.9) | 14.2 (11.0 to 18.1) | 53.4 (49.7 to 57.1) |
*p<0.05; **p value from Wald test.
†Direct standardisation, based on the 2014 Yangon Region Census population.
HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.