Hyperlipidemia among adults in Arar city, Northern Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT

Background: Excess lipids has been shown to be a risk factor for coronary artery disease, as well as cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases. Hyperlipidemia has become an important public health problem; therefore, it is of great importance to know the level of its modifiable risk factors to prevent its occurrence in the population