Serum total cholesterol concentrations and awareness, treatment, and control of hypercholesterolemia among US adults: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2000

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2185-2189

  Ford, Earl S ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^b   Giles, Wayne H ^b   Mensah, George A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemia; Population; Risk factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038034509     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000066320.27195.B4     Document Type: Article

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