Hypercholesterolemia - Epidemiology
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Body mass index, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol in young Swiss men: an analysis on 56784 army conscripts.

3 Sep 2009 QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of excess bodyweight and high blood pressure in young Swiss men and to evaluate the associations of these disorders with serum cholesterol in this important population. METHODS: ... Read more...

Low-density lipoprotein in the setting of congestive heart failure: is lower really better?

30 Aug 2009 Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), CAD mortality, and incident heart failure (HF). Lipid-lowering therapy with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) has been shown to reduce the ... Read more...

Fundamental cause theory, technological innovation, and health disparities: the case of cholesterol in the era of statins.

30 Aug 2009 Although fundamental cause theory has been highly influential in shaping the research literature on health disparities, there have been few empirical demonstrations of the theory, particularly in dynamic perspective. In this study, we examine how ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypercholesterolemia - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Body mass index, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol in young Swiss men: an analysis on 56784 army conscripts. 3 Sep 2009
• Low-density lipoprotein in the setting of congestive heart failure: is lower really better? 30 Aug 2009
• Fundamental cause theory, technological innovation, and health disparities: the case of cholesterol in the era of statins. 30 Aug 2009
• Long-term percutaneous coronary intervention rates and associated independent predictors for progression of nonintervened nonculprit coronary lesions. 30 Aug 2009
• Hormonal therapy use for prostate cancer and mortality in men with coronary artery disease-induced congestive heart failure or myocardial infarction. 24 Aug 2009
• Lipid treatment assessment project 2: a multinational survey to evaluate the proportion of patients achieving low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals. 20 Jun 2009
• Psychological distress associated with self-reported high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol in U.S. adults, 2007. 30 May 2009
• A 6-month, multicenter, single-arm pilot study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of generic tacrolimus (TacroBell) after primary renal transplantation. 30 May 2009
• [Lipid control in diabetic patients in Extremadura (Spain)] 16 May 2009
• Comparative epidemiology of stroke and acute myocardial infarction: the Dijon Vascular project (Diva). 11 May 2009
• Factors influencing clopidogrel efficacy in patients with stable coronary artery disease undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention: statin's advantage and the smoking "paradox". 29 Apr 2009
• Clinical burden of screening asymptomatic patients for coronary artery disease prior to liver transplantation. 29 Apr 2009
• Risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms: a 7-year prospective study: the Tromsø Study, 1994-2001. 11 Apr 2009
• Predictors of progression of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: the role of vascular and sociodemographic factors. 6 Apr 2009
• The importance of considering alternative or combination strategies for lowering LDL-C. Apr 2009
• Prevalence and type of dyslipidaemia in a population at risk for cardiovascular death in Bulgaria. 30 Mar 2009
• Centralized Pan-European survey on the undertreatment of hypercholesterolaemia (CEPHEUS). 30 Mar 2009
• [Investigation of glucocorticoid-induced side effects in patients with autoimmune diseases] 30 Mar 2009
• Diabetes mellitus and CKD awareness: the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). 30 Mar 2009
• Increased body mass and depressive symptomatology are associated with hypercholesterolemia, among elderly individuals; results from the MEDIS study. 28 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Hypercholesterolemia'

Definition: A condition with abnormally high levels of CHOLESTEROL in the blood. It is defined as a cholesterol value exceeding the 95th percentile for the population.

Descriptor UI: D006937

Alternative terms: Hypercholesterolemia; Hypercholesterolemias; Hypercholesteremia; Hypercholesteremias;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C18.452.584.500.500.396;

Online Note: use HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA to search HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA 1966-79; search HYPERLIPEMIA, ESSENTIAL FAMILIAL under HYPERLIPIDEMIA/genetics 1966-79

History Note: 80; was HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA 1963-79; HYPERLIPEMIA, ESSENTIAL FAMILIAL was heading 1963-79 (see note under HYPERLIPIDEMIA for former cross refs to it)