Lipid profiles and determinants of total cholesterol and hypercholesterolaemia among 25-74 year-old urban and rural citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.
Aung Soe HtetMarte Karoline Råberg KjøllesdalWai Phyo AungAye Nyein Moe MyintWin Thuzar AyeMyint Myint WaiThan Than NuEi Mon HlaPyone Pyone SoeNan Wut Yi TunNaw AngelaMya Mya KhaingAung Kyaw HtooSoe TunPai ThitsarTheeoo LwinSan San WaiThi Thi AungKhin Aye ThantWai Wai Aung PoSeng Taung GauzamTun Tun NaingThet Min TunKhin San MyintKyi Kyi OoNang Kee Myu MangSoe Moe NaingKo Ko ZawMarius Bergsmark BjertnessLhamo Yangchen SherpaWin Myint OoHein StigumEspen BjertnessPublished in: BMJ open (2017)
The mean level of total cholesterol and the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia were alarmingly high in men and women in both the urban and rural areas of Yangon Region, Myanmar. Preventive measures to reduce cholesterol levels in the population are therefore needed.