Screening for hypercholesterolaemia in patients with other risk factors for coronary heart disease

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-401

  Lee, G H ^a   Su, D H W ^a   Su, D H C ^a   Fong, A C Y ^a   Chow, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corneal arcus; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033142247     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Research & Evaluation Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore. National Health Survey 1992, Highlights of main survey findings.
2. Richter WO, Sonnichsen AC, Schwandt P. Results and efficacy of public screening for hypercholesterolemia: the Bavarian cholesterol screening project. J Clin Epidemiol 1995; 48:1307-17.
3. Browner WS. Lipid abnormalities. In: Tierney LM, McPhee SJ, Papadakis MA, eds. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1997. Appleton and Lange, 1997:1110-21.
4. Garber AM, Browner WS, Hulley SB. Cholesterol screening in asymptomatic adults, revisited. Ann Internal Med 1996; 124:518-30.
5. NCEP Adult Treatment Panel II. Summary of the second report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) expert panel on detection, evaluation and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (adult treatment panel II). JAMA 1993; 269:3015-23.
6. Hughes K, Lun KC, Sothy SP, Thai AC, Leong WP, Yeo PB. Corneal arcus and cardiovascular risk factors in Asians in Singapore. Int J Epidemiol 1992; 21:473-7.
7. Ribera M, Pinto X Argimon JM, Fiol C, Pujjol R, Ferrandiz C. Lipid metabolism and apolipoprotein E phenotypes in patients with xanthelasma. Am J Med 1995; 99:485-90.
8. Hulley SB, Newman TB, Grady D, Garber AM, Baron RB, Browner WS. Should we be measuring blood cholesterol in young adults? JAMA 1993; 269:1416-9.
9. Krumholtz HM, Seeman TE, Merrill SS, Mendes de Leon CF, Vaccarino V, Silveramn DI, et al. Lack of association between cholesterol and coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity and all-cause mortality in persons older than 70 years. JAMA 1994; 272:1335-40.
10. Lapienleimu H, Viikari J, Jokinen E, Routi T, Salo P, Hollo O, et al. Cholesterol measurement by reflotron dry chemistry in infants, children and adults. Scand J Clin Inv 1994; 54:61-5.
11. Majeed FA, Turner HJ, Stuart JM, Cooper RD, Laite PA, et al. Audit of near patient testing in occupational health clinics. Occ Med-Oxf 1993; 43:23-6.
12. Chief Statistician. Yearbook of Statistics Singapore 1995. Singapore Department of Statistics, 1995.
13. Ministry of Health Singapore. Health screening. Professional Circular no. 11/94, 20 Oct 1994.