title: Comparison of the frequency and level of serum total cholesterol >300 mg/dL in patients at the same Texas hospital in a single month in 1993 and in 2013.
abstract: The clinical pathology laboratory database of a large tertiary hospital in Dallas, Texas, was searched for patients having a serum total cholesterol > 300 mg in a single month in 1993 and in 2013. In September 1993, 63 patients had a serum total cholesterol > 300 mg/dL (range 302-1515 [mean 431, median 349]), and in September 2013, 12 patients had serum total cholesterol levels > 300 mg/dL (range 303-442 [mean 334, median 316.5]), an 81% decline in the numbers of patients and a 23% decline in the average total cholesterol levels during the 20-year period.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Jong Mi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benavides