Gender Disparity in Lipid Testing Among Over 0.5 Million Adults from Pakistan: Females are Tested Much Later Despite Higher LDL-Cholesterol Levels
This study highlights the gender disparity in lipid testing in Pakistan, where females undergo lipid testing later in life, despite higher lipid levels compared to males.
Authors
- Hijab Batool (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-9217)
- Urh Grošelj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-9869)
- Amjad Nawaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7431-9450)
- Jaka Šikonja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7843-8107)
- Quratul Ain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-338X)
- Fouzia Sadiq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9399-6078)
- Mohammad Iqbal Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9497-7035)
- Muhammad Amjad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8191-635X)
- Madeeha Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-8539)
Institutions
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- COMSATS University Islamabad (PK)
- Ljubljana University Medical Centre (SI)
- Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University (PK)
- National University of Sciences and Technology (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Heart
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1401
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.03