Unmet need for hypercholesterolemia care in 35 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys

As the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia is increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), detailed evidence is urgently needed to guide the response of health systems to this epidemic. This study sought to quantify unmet need for hypercholesterolemia care among adults in 35 LMICs. We pool...

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Published in:	PLoS medicine Vol. 18; no. 10; p. e1003841
Main Authors:	Marcus, Maja E., Ebert, Cara, Geldsetzer, Pascal, Theilmann, Michaela, Bicaba, Brice Wilfried, Andall-Brereton, Glennis, Bovet, Pascal, Farzadfar, Farshad, Singh Gurung, Mongal, Houehanou, Corine, Malekpour, Mohammad-Reza, Martins, Joao S., Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi, Mohammadi, Esmaeil, Norov, Bolormaa, Quesnel-Crooks, Sarah, Wong-McClure, Roy, Davies, Justine I., Hlatky, Mark A., Atun, Rifat, Bärnighausen, Till W., Jaacks, Lindsay M., Manne-Goehler, Jennifer, Vollmer, Sebastian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 25.10.2021 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Biology and Life Sciences Biomarkers Biomarkers - metabolism Body mass index Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Care and treatment Cholesterol Cross-Sectional Studies Developing countries Developing Countries - economics Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diagnosis Earth Sciences Education Health aspects Health Surveys - economics Humans Hypercholesterolemia Hypercholesterolemia - epidemiology Hypertension Income International aspects Laboratories Lipids Low density lipoprotein Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Polls & surveys Regression analysis Research and Analysis Methods Risk factors Social Sciences Statistics Young Adult Benin Myanmar (Burma) Sudan Kiribati Solomon Islands Costa Rica Mongolia Iran Morocco Guyana Algeria Iraq Chile Ecuador Bhutan Sri Lanka Seychelles Timor-Leste Moldova Belarus Lebanon Bangladesh Eswatini Burkina Faso Grenadines
ISSN:	1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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