Coronary heart disease prevention in women: focus on lipids.
Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains an urgent and leading threat to women's health and well-being. Clinical trials have demonstrated a clear cut benefit of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering in both women as well as men with coronary disease. While the case for primary prevention of CHD with LDL-C lowering is less secure in both men and women, there is little doubt that patients at high risk of CHD, even without a prior history of vascular events, will in the long run benefit from LDL-C lowering. Thus, all available evidence indicates that lipid interventions should be pursued aggressively in both women and men at risk of CHD.
Larosa
J H
JH
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Healthand Master of Public Health Program, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Larosa
J C
JC
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D014930:Women
D008055:Lipids