Re. Trends and risk factors of hypercholesterolemia among Kuwaiti adults: National Nutrition Surveillance Data from 1998 to 2009: Yearly trends of hypercholesterolemia and risk factors based on the National Nutrition Surveillance Data

摘要

I read with interest the article by Ahmed et al. reporting on trends in the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia and its risk factors using national nutrition surveillance data from 1998 to 2009 [1]. The researchers stated that their report had the merit of presenting data from non-developed countries. They have cited two references showing declining trends of serum total cholesterol (TC) levels [2,3]. Recently, however, Carroll et al. reported on trends of serum TC levels using representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted over more than two decades [4]. Before coming to a final conclusion regarding the merit of the Ahmed et al study, I have some questions and concerns