However, investigations in countries such as Japan and India have shown an increasing trend in age-adjusted mean total cholesterol and triglycerides over the same period, despite an increase in the use of lipid-lowering drugs [ 23 , 24 ].
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Distribution of lipid levels and prevalence of hyperlipidemia: data from the NHANES 2007-2018.
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Studies on the association between age and lipid levels are still controversial, for example, in Spain, France, Finland, and Australia, showing a decreasing trend in total cholesterol and/or LHD-C with increasing age and use of lipid-lowering drugs [ 19 – 22 ].