Mild hypercholesterolemia and premature heart disease: do the national criteria underestimate disease risk?
Kwame O. Akosah, MD, FACCa,
Elizabeth Gower, MSa,
Linda Groon, MDa,
Brenda L. Rooney, PhDa and
Ana Schaper, PhD, (c)a
a Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Figure 1 Distribution of risk factors among patients with LDL >160 mg/dl (see text for discussion). LDL = low-density lipoprotein.
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