Using serum cholesterol as a screening test for preventing coronary heart disease: the five fundamental flaws of the American College of Physicians Guidelines.
The guidelines ignore the common catastrophic first presentation of coronary disease, the powerful predictive value of serum cholesterol in young persons, the effectiveness of cholesterol-lowering interventions, the low cost of effective dietary modification, and the effectiveness of lipid lowering in women and in the elderly.
Forrester
J S
JS
Shah
P K
PK
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