SEP 4, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Five-year transition in dyslipidemia patterns and their correlates in adult population of Shahroud, Iran: a latent Markov model in a longitudinal study
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Observational longitudinal cohort study using latent Markov modeling to identify dyslipidemia states and transition patterns; descriptive and associational findings without randomization or causal inference, suitable for hypothesis generation rather than clinical decision-making.
Reported
Sample size4054
Prevalence of normal dyslipidemia…41.0%
Prevalence of HDL-predominant sta…32.0%