| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Doupa, Dominique Mbengue, Abdou Salam Diallo, Fatou Agne Jobe, Modou Ndiaye, Arame Kane, Adama Diatta, Alassane Touré, Meissa |
| Spatial Coverage |
Senegal |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Doupa D ( Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire Unité de formation et de recherche (UFR), Santé Université Gaston Berger, Saint Louis, Sénégal.); Mbengue AS ( Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.); Diallo FA ( Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.); Jobe M ( Service de cardiologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.); Ndiaye A ( Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.); Kane A ( Service de cardiologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.); Diatta A ( Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.); Touré M ( Laboratoire de Biochimie-Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d'Odontologie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.) |
| Abstract |
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of lipid profile requests and the prevalence of dyslipidemia in patients at the biochemistry laboratory of St. Louis University Hospital, as well as their correlation with sex and age. METHODS: This was a retrospective study reviewing 14,116 laboratory results of patients of both sexes, over a period of six months (January-June 2013) regardless of the indication for the request. The lipid parameters included were: Total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides with normal values defined as follows: Total cholesterol (<2g/l), HDL- cholesterol (>0,40g/l), LDL- cholesterol (<1,30g/l) and Triglycerides (<1,50g/l). RESULTS: The average age of our study population was 55.15 years with a female predorminance (M/F = 0.60). The age group most represented was that between 55-64 years. The frequency of lipid profile request in our sample was 9.41% (or 1,329). The overall prevalence of isolated hypercholesterolemia, hyperLDLaemia, hypoHDLaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, and mixed hyperlipidemia were respectively 60.91%, 66.27%, 26.58%, 4.57% and 2.75%. Hypercholesterolemia, hyperLDLaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia and mixed hyperlipidaemia were higher in women with respectively 66.22%, 67.98%, 4.58%, 2.89% than in men (52.01%, 62.81%, 4.44% and 2.40% respectively). On the other hand, the prevalence of hypoHDLaemia was higher in males (32.19%) compared to females (23.76%). Hypercholesterolemia correlated significantly with age and sex. CONCLUSION: Our study showed a relatively low request rate for lipid profile and a high prevalence of dyslipidaemia hence the importance of conducting a major study on the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated factors in the Senegalese population. |
| File Format |
HTM / HTML |
| e-ISSN |
19378688 |
| DOI |
10.11604/pamj.2014.17.75.3577 |
| Journal |
Pan African Medical Journal |
| Volume Number |
17 |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
African Field Epidemiology Network |
| Publisher Date |
2014-01-01 |
| Publisher Place |
Uganda |
| Access Restriction |
Open |
| Subject Keyword |
Discipline Medicine Dyslipidemias Diagnosis Epidemiology Lipids Blood Adolescent Blood Chemical Analysis Child, Preschool Hospitals, University Retrospective Studies Senegal |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
