title: [Dyslipidemias in the elderly].
abstract: Does the hypercholesterolemia of the elderly subject have to be treated? To answer this difficult question, this article will initially try to answer other preliminary questions: Do the coronary heart diseases increase with the age? Is the hypercholesterolemia a factor of predictive cardiovascular risk? Is the response of the older subject to the lipid-lowering drugs satisfactory in terms of improvement of the lipid parameters? Is the tolerance of the patient to the treatment good? Does the old patient benefit from a lipid-lowering therapy in terms of clinical improvement?
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne-Gériatrie, C.H.U. Tivoli, La Louvière, U.L.B.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schils
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009017:Morbidity; D018579:Patient Selection; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents