Research Article: Prevalence of Dyslipidemia and Its Determinants Among the Adult Population of the Jazan Region
Introduction:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), % of the world adult population has been affected by elevated blood cholesterol, with a relatively higher prevalence among women (%) than among men (%). Raised blood cholesterol can have several consequences that increase the burden of the disease. It was reported that . million fatalities in were caused by raised low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, accounting for .% of deaths worldwide that year. Based on the World Health Survey in Saudi Arabia, the…
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