On average, someone in the U.S. dies of cardiovascular disease every 34 seconds. Dyslipidemia—abnormal levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and other lipids or lipoproteins in the blood—raises risk for cardiovascular disease and is, therefore, a major contributor to these deaths, as well as to non-fatal heart attacks and strokes.
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