Research Article
Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in Undiagnosed Palestinian Men: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of participants.
| | Categories | Number (%) |
| | Age (years) | | | 24–30 | 24 (17.6) | | 31–40 | 51 (36.5) | | 41–50 | 43 (30.7) | | 51–60 | 22 (15.6) | | Residency | | | Village | 68 (48.6) | | City | 56 (40) | | Refugee camp | 16 (11.4) | | BMI | | | Underweight | 1 (0.7) | | Normal | 23 (16.4) | | Overweight | 67 (47.9) | | Class I obese | 37 (26.4) | | Class II obese | 9 (6.4) | | Class III obese | 3 (2.1) | | Smoking? | | | Yes | 52 (37.1) | | No | 88 (62.9) | | Family history of dyslipidemia? | | | Yes | 39 | | No | 101 | | Blood pressure? | | | Normal | 94 (67.2) | | Prehypertension | 27 (19.3) | | Mild HTN | 18 (12.9) | | Moderate HTN | 1 (0.7) | | Severe HTN | 0 (0) | | Previous lipid profile testing? | | | Yes | 20 (14.3) | | No | 120 (85.7) | | Glucose level? | | | Normal | 113 (80.7) | | Glucose intolerance | 21 (15) | | Hyperglycemia | 6 (4.3) |
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