Table 1 Baseline characteristics of adults aged 61 years or older with dyslipidemia in South Korea, 2003–2015
Dyslipidemia treatment | Total n (%) | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ||||||
Region | |||||||
Seoul | 10,018 | (53.3) | 8766 | (46.7) | 18,784 | (22.0) | <.0001 |
Gyeonggi-do | 9308 | (53.3) | 8144 | (46.7) | 17,452 | (20.4) | |
Metropolitan | 10,964 | (56.2) | 8542 | (43.8) | 19,506 | (22.8) | |
Chungcheon-do | 3866 | (54.3) | 3255 | (45.7) | 7121 | (8.3) | |
Jeolla-do | 4249 | (53.0) | 3765 | (47.0) | 8014 | (9.4) | |
Gangwon-do | 1718 | (56.1) | 1346 | (43.9) | 3064 | (3.6) | |
Gyeongsang-do | 6406 | (55.7) | 5103 | (44.3) | 11,509 | (13.5) | |
Income | |||||||
Low | 10,971 | (56.1) | 8581 | (43.9) | 19,552 | (22.9) | <.0001 |
Low-moderate | 7523 | (54.4) | 6313 | (45.6) | 13,836 | (16.2) | |
Moderate-high | 11,994 | (54.1) | 10,180 | (45.9) | 22,174 | (25.9) | |
High | 16,041 | (53.7) | 13,847 | (46.3) | 29,888 | (35.0) | |
Disability | |||||||
None | 46,360 | (54.5) | 38,753 | (45.5) | 85,113 | (99.6) | 0.2498 |
Mild | 58 | (48.3) | 62 | (51.7) | 120 | (0.1) | |
Severe | 111 | (51.2) | 106 | (48.8) | 217 | (0.3) | |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 13,836 | (48.5) | 14,696 | (51.5) | 28,532 | (33.4) | <.0001 |
Female | 32,693 | (57.4) | 24,225 | (42.6) | 56,918 | (66.6) | |
CCIa | 1.76 | ± 1.57 | 1.86 | ± 1.65 | <.0001 | ||
Diagnosis of diabetes | |||||||
Before dyslipidemia | 12,502 | (50.5) | 12,243 | (49.5) | 24,745 | (29.0) | <.0001 |
After dyslipidemia | 8120 | (59.0) | 5654 | (41.0) | 13,774 | (16.1) | |
None | 25,907 | (55.2) | 21,024 | (44.8) | 46,931 | (54.9) | |
Diagnosis of hypertension | |||||||
Before dyslipidemia | 29,669 | (54.3) | 25,003 | (45.7) | 54,672 | (64.0) | <.0001 |
After dyslipidemia | 7931 | (58.9) | 5543 | (41.1) | 13,474 | (15.8) | |
None | 8929 | (51.6) | 8375 | (48.4) | 17,304 | (20.3) | |
Age | |||||||
61–65 | 9181 | (49.1) | 9509 | (50.9) | 18,690 | (10.7) | <.0001 |
66–70 | 16,691 | (55.2) | 13,573 | (44.8) | 30,264 | (19.5) | |
71–75 | 12,741 | (55.6) | 10,157 | (44.4) | 22,898 | (14.9) | |
76–80 | 6179 | (58.5) | 4384 | (41.5) | 10,563 | (7.2) | |
81–85 | 1737 | (57.2) | 1298 | (42.8) | 3035 | (2.0) | |
Hospital | |||||||
Community health center | 3431 | (58.7) | 2417 | (41.3) | 5848 | (6.8) | <.0001 |
Clinic | 27,988 | (56.0) | 22,004 | (44.0) | 49,992 | (58.5) | |
Hospital | 4069 | (52.3) | 3704 | (47.7) | 7773 | (9.1) | |
General hospital | 11,041 | (50.6) | 10,796 | (49.4) | 21,837 | (25.6) | |
Year of diagnosis | |||||||
2003–2005 | 18,603 | (49.8) | 18,742 | (50.2) | 37,345 | (43.7) | <.0001 |
2006–2010 | 21,244 | (57.5) | 15,733 | (42.5) | 36,977 | (43.3) | |
2011–2015 | 6682 | (60.0) | 4446 | (40.0) | 11,128 | (13.0) | |
Total | 46,529 | (54.5) | 38,921 | (45.5) | 85,450 | (100.0) | |