Some of the risk factors include hypertension, obesity, smoking, and
dyslipidemia, an irregularity of a patient`s lipid profile. Dyslipidemia covers a
variety of disorders relating to abnormal levels of total cholesterol, low-density
lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C),
and triglycerides. The incidence of lipid metabolism disorders in hospitalized
patients has risen steadily since 1997 and has more than doubled over the
past six years