an increasing trendp<0.05
An increasing trend with age was observed for hypercholesterolemia among urban males (p<0.05), urban females (p<0.05) and rural females (p<0.001); for hypertriglyceridemia among urban females (p<0.05) and rural females (p<0.001); for low HDL-C among rural females (p<0.05) and for high LDL-C among urban females (p<0.05), rural males (p<0.05) and rural females (p<0.001).