KUALA LUMPUR: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has consistently accounted for nearly 23.3% of all deaths in Malaysia for many years, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad who adds that high cholesterol was a major risk factor for atherosclerotic CVD, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
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Dr Dzulkefly also says that according to the 2023 National Health and Morbidity Survey, 33.3% of adults in Malaysia or 7.6 million people aged 18 and above suffer from high cholesterol. “More worryingly, one in two adults with high cholesterol don’t even know they have it because increased cholesterol levels often don’t have symptoms.
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