The Global Burden of Diseases attributed to high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from 1990 to 2019.

Background: To demonstrate the real-word situation of burdens that are attributed to the risk factor of high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) at the global, regional, national levels, among different age groups and between genders.

Methods: We analyzed data from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019 related to global deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), summary exposure value (SEV), average annual percentage change (AAPC), and observed to expected ratios (O/E ratios) attributable to high LDL-C from 1990 to 2019.

Results: Globally, in 2019, the total numbers of deaths and DALYs attributed to high LDL cholesterol were 1.