Familial hypercholesterolemia in China: Prevalence and evidence of underdetection and undertreatment in a community population

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 834-836

  Shi, Zumin ^a,b   Yuan, Baojun ^a   Zhao, Dong ^c   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Lin, Jie ^c   Watts, Gerald F ^d  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIPID ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903278021     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.165     Document Type: Article

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