State-Specific Trends in High Blood Cholesterol Awareness Among Persons Screened—United States, 1991-1999

State-Specific Trends in High Blood Cholesterol Awareness Among Persons Screened—United States, 1991-1999

To examine state-specific trends in the proportion of screened adults who reported that they were told that they had high blood cholesterol, the Centers for Disease Control analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 1991 through 1999. Approximately one fourth of screened s...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2001-10, Vol.286 (14), p.1706-1707
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Sprache:eng
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Behavior
Cholesterol
Polls & surveys
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Zusammenfassung:To examine state-specific trends in the proportion of screened adults who reported that they were told that they had high blood cholesterol, the Centers for Disease Control analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 1991 through 1999. Approximately one fourth of screened survey participants were aware that they had HBC.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.286.14.1706