title: [Hypocholesterolemia: prevalence, diagnostic and prognostic value. Study in a department of internal medicine].
abstract: Serum cholesterol was measured in all patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine over one year. 6.2 percent had hypocholesterolaemia defined as total serum cholesterol level below 4 mmol/l. Comparison with non-hypocholesterolaemic patients showed male predominance and indirect arguments for increased morbidity: longer duration of hospital stay, greater number of rehospitalizations, greater number of associated diseases. In over a quarter of the cases, hypocholesterolaemia was associated with malignant disease. These results should entice physicians to caution when finding a low serum cholesterol level: this could be a marker of associated disease, especially malignant.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine interne, CHU de Rouen-Boisguillaume.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lévesque
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gancel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pertuet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czernichow
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Courtois
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood* / Q000172:deficiency; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Hypocholestérolémie: prévalence, intérêt diagnostique et pronostique. Etude dans un service de Médecine interne.