Lipid levels and risk of atherosclerotic coronary heart disease in the older person.
Atherosclerotic coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of both death and disability in people aged over 65. This article focuses on one major, modifiable risk factor for CHD--hypercholesterolemia--and reviews the evidence whether elevated cholesterol should be treated in older individuals.
Ettinger
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Department of Internal Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012307:Risk Factors
D008074:Lipoproteins; D002784:Cholesterol