From: Assessing the genetic burden of familial hypercholesterolemia in a large middle eastern biobank
QBB phenotypic data | No. of QBB participants |
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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 |