BOOMBHI Jérôme Hilaire^{1, 2} Vicky Jocelyne AMA Moor^{1, 3}, TCHAPMI NJEUNJE Donald Paulin¹, KINGUE Samuel^{1, 2}                                                                           

Authors’ affiliations

1. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UY1,  
2. Yaounde General Hospital, ³University Teaching Hospital Yaounde

Corresponding author:  TCHAPMI NJEUNJE Donald Paulin. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

Background: Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) are a major cause of morbidity and a leading contributor to mortality in both developed and developing countries. Dyslipidemia is a major modifiable cardiovascular risk factor for atherosclerosis and CVDs.The purpose of this study was todetermine the prevalence, pattern and clinical correlates of dyslipidemia in patients attending cardiology outpatient consultation in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study from 5^th December, 2016 to 10^th May 2017. This was done in outpatient cardiology unit of three reference hospitals of Yaoundé, namely: General Hospital (YGH), Central Hospital (YCH) and the University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde (UTHY). Patients who underwent a laboratory workup including a lipid profile during the study period were included. A questionnaire was administered after getting an informed concern and anthropometric measurements were taken.

Results: A total of 505 respondents were enrolled in our study. The mean age of the participants was 55.7±11.8 (range 28 - 98 years). 65.4% had dyslipidemia. The most common lipid abnormality was high Total Cholesterol, TC (47.3%), followed by high Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, LDL-C (41.6%), low High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, HDL-C (20.7%) and finally high triglycerides, TG (17.7%). Dyslipidemia was found to be independently associated with sex, age, diabetes, smoking and obesity. There was a significant weak correlation between triglycerides and waist-hip ratio (r = 0.2, p < 0.001) 

Conclusion: The prevalence of dyslipidemia is high in our study population. With the most common disorders being high TC and high LDL-C.

Key words: sub-Saharan Africa, outpatient, dyslipidemia, prevalence.