title: New guidelines for lowering blood cholesterol.
abstract: An expert panel of the National Cholesterol Education Program issued a report that presents new, detailed guidelines for cholesterol treatment. The report provides specific recommendations for classifying patients according to their cholesterol levels. By using these guidelines, physicians dealing with individual patients will be able to determine who should be treated to lower blood cholesterol and to decide how such patients should be treated.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D002784:Cholesterol