HDL Cholesterol Abnormality Affects 66.8% of Indian Adults, Study Finds

Discourse on cholesterol in normal parlance tends to refer to high levels of LDL or ‘bad cholesterol’. However, the study has brought into focus is the near-consistent decline of HDL or ‘good cholesterol’ levels among Indian adults. Researchers analysed data across 23,655 adults, diagnosing 87.3% of the group with dyslipidemia, which refers to an abnormal level of cholesterol or triglycerides. Further clarifying their findings, an even more dangerous combination of low HDL along with high triglycerides was found to be affecting 22.5% of adults, a combination that can typically be traced back to metabolic complications and heightened cardiovascular risk. Additionally, this set of health complications does not seem to be necessarily restricting itself to older adults alone; younger age groups are joining the ranks in this regard, their sedentary lifestyles and erratic dietary setting the stage for it. And incidentally, women are at a higher risk than men in this respect though the difference in the percentages of affliction hardly sit very far apart between 91.1% and 83.5% – these stats right there quash the notions around heart disease being a predominantly male issue.