Mild hypercholesterolemia and premature heart disease: do the national criteria underestimate disease risk?

OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of hospital admissions for acute coronary syndrome in young adults and to examine the risk factors that predispose to the development of premature heart disease. BACKGROUND Significant coronary heart disease (CHD) is considered rare in the young adult. Current g...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000-04, Vol.35 (5), p.1178-1184
Hauptverfasser:	Akosah, Kwame O, Gower, Elizabeth, Groon, Linda, Rooney, Brenda L, Schaper, Ana
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Distribution Bias Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cholesterol - blood Cholesterol, LDL - blood Coronary heart disease Diabetes Complications Female Heart Heart Diseases - diagnosis Heart Diseases - epidemiology Heart Diseases - etiology Heart Diseases - prevention & control Humans Hypercholesterolemia - blood Hypercholesterolemia - classification Hypercholesterolemia - complications Hypercholesterolemia - epidemiology Hypercholesterolemia - prevention & control Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Practice Guidelines as Topic Primary Prevention Reproducibility of Results Risk Factors Rural Health - statistics & numerical data Severity of Illness Index Smoking - adverse effects Triglycerides - blood Wisconsin - epidemiology
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