Dyslipidemia and the preventive potential in the Greenlandic population.

Arctic health Cholesterol Epidemiology Plasma lipid Statins

Journal

Atherosclerosis plus
ISSN: 2667-0895
Titre abrégé: Atheroscler Plus
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9918249514806676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Historique:
received: 06 09 2022
revised: 25 10 2022
accepted: 19 12 2022
entrez: 27 3 2023
pubmed: 28 3 2023
medline: 28 3 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a well-established risk factor for development of cardiovascular diseases. Based on available clinical data, we aimed to investigate the plasma lipid profile in the Greenlandic population, the proportion on cholesterol-lowering treatment and the adherence to local indications for cholesterol-lowering therapy. This is an observational cross-sectional study of the adult (≥21 years) Greenlandic population with focus on clinically determined lipid levels from 2017 to early 2022. We investigated levels of dyslipidemia and assessed cholesterol-lowering medication usage in individuals with an indication according to current Greenlandic guidelines, which include a) LDL-C >5 mmol/l, b) diabetes, c) diagnosed atherosclerotic disease and 4) a SCORE2 >7.5%. In the adult Greenlandic population of 40,565 individuals a lipid profile was available in 13,895 with a mean LDL-C of 3.0 mmol/L and 976 (7%) had a LDL-C >5 mmol/l. One or more indications for cholesterol-lowering medication was present in 3988 individuals and a total of 5464 adult Greenlanders either fulfilled local criteria for statin therapy or received a statin (some without current indication) and among these, 2232 (41%) individuals received no statin. These findings indicate that clinically significant dyslipidemia is common in the adult Greenlandic population and that the cardiovascular preventive potential of cholesterol-lowering therapy is currently underutilized.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a well-established risk factor for development of cardiovascular diseases. Based on available clinical data, we aimed to investigate the plasma lipid profile in the Greenlandic population, the proportion on cholesterol-lowering treatment and the adherence to local indications for cholesterol-lowering therapy.
Methods UNASSIGNED
This is an observational cross-sectional study of the adult (≥21 years) Greenlandic population with focus on clinically determined lipid levels from 2017 to early 2022. We investigated levels of dyslipidemia and assessed cholesterol-lowering medication usage in individuals with an indication according to current Greenlandic guidelines, which include a) LDL-C >5 mmol/l, b) diabetes, c) diagnosed atherosclerotic disease and 4) a SCORE2 >7.5%.
Results UNASSIGNED
In the adult Greenlandic population of 40,565 individuals a lipid profile was available in 13,895 with a mean LDL-C of 3.0 mmol/L and 976 (7%) had a LDL-C >5 mmol/l. One or more indications for cholesterol-lowering medication was present in 3988 individuals and a total of 5464 adult Greenlanders either fulfilled local criteria for statin therapy or received a statin (some without current indication) and among these, 2232 (41%) individuals received no statin.
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
These findings indicate that clinically significant dyslipidemia is common in the adult Greenlandic population and that the cardiovascular preventive potential of cholesterol-lowering therapy is currently underutilized.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36969703
doi: 10.1016/j.athplu.2022.12.003
pii: S2667-0895(22)00061-X
pmc: PMC10037086
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

22-27

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Henning Bundgaard reports receiving lecture fees from MSD, BMS, Amgen and Sanofi. Marit E Jørgensen reports receiving research grants from AMGEN, Astra Zeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, 10.13039/501100004191Novo Nordisk and Sanofi Aventis and holds shares in 10.13039/501100004191Novo Nordisk A/S. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Johan Skov Bundgaard (JS)

Queen Ingrid Primary Health Care Centre, Nuuk, Greenland.
Department of Cardiology, The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Marit E Jørgensen (ME)

Steno Diabetes Center Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland.
University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Greenland Centre of Health Research, Institute of Health and Nature, University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland.

Kristine Andersen (K)

Greenland Centre of Health Research, Institute of Health and Nature, University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland.

Henning Bundgaard (H)

Department of Cardiology, The Heart Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Uka Wilhjelm Geisler (UW)

Department of Internal Medicine, Queen Ingrid Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland.

Michael Lynge Pedersen (ML)

Queen Ingrid Primary Health Care Centre, Nuuk, Greenland.
Greenland Centre of Health Research, Institute of Health and Nature, University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland.

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