Prevalence of dyslipidemias in the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006

objective: to describe the prevalence of lipid abnormalities found in the mexican national health and nutrition survey 2006 (ensanut 2006). material and methods: information was obtained from 4 040 subjects aged 20 to 69 years, studied after a 9- to 12-hour fast. results: median lipid concentrations were: cholesterol 198.5 mg/dl, triglycerides 139.6 mg/dl, hdl-cholesterol 39.0 mg/dl, non-hdl-cholesterol 159.5 mg/dl and ldl-cholesterol 131.5 mg/dl. the most frequent abnormality was hdl-cholesterol below 40 mg/dl with a prevalence of 60.5% (95%ci 58.2-62.8%). hypercholesterolemia (> 200 mg/dl) had a frequency of abnormality of 43.6% (95%ci 41.4-46.0%). only 8.6% of the hypercholesterolemic subjects knew their diagnosis. hypertriglyceridemia (> 150 mg/dl) was observed in 31.5% (ic 95% 29.3-33.9%) of the population. conlusions: the ensanut 2006 data confirm that the prevalence of hypoalphalipoproteinemia and other forms of dyslipidemia in mexican adults is very high.