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Table 1 Qatar Biobank (QBB) data associated with hypercholesterolemia phenotype

From: Assessing the genetic burden of familial hypercholesterolemia in a large middle eastern biobank

QBB phenotypic data

No. of QBB participants

Number of participants

6140

Gender (Male, Female)

2645, 3495

Parental consanguinity

2347

Age (median)

39

LDL-C:

< 4.9mmol/L

5740

≥ 4.9mmol/L

400

Self-reported high cholesterol

1854

No. of participants reported having high cholesterol ≤ 20 years old

36

Self-reported treatment for high cholesterol:

Diet only

413

Diet and Tablets

237

Tablets only

586

Self-reported cardiovascular events

Heart attack

31

Angina

26

Stroke

10

Revascularization surgery

69

First-degree relatives with history of myocardial infarction

Parent history of myocardial infarction

862

Siblings’ history of myocardial infarction

4

  1. LDL-C levels shown are corrected or pre-treated LDL-C levels obtained using specific correction factors (see methods)