Serum lipid levels and the prevalence of dyslipidaemia among rural and urban Thai adults - Are the NCEP III guidelines appropriate?

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1242-1250

  Patel, Anushka ^a,d   Woodward, Mark ^a   Stolk, Ronald ^a   Suriyawongpaisal, Paibul ^b   Neal, Bruce ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c InterASIA Collaborative Group

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Cholesterol; Lipid lowering guidelines; Lipids; Thailand; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; THAILAND; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 31544480091     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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