Cholesterol screening in US adults and awareness of high cholesterol among individuals with severe hypertriglyceridemia: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2001-2008

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-34

  Christian, Jennifer Briley ^a   Bourgeois, Nancy Ellen ^a   Lowe, Kimberly Anne ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol; dyslipidemia; hypertriglyceridemia; NHANES; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918775171     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000101     Document Type: Article

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