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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
71 million American adults (33.5%) have high LDL. Only 1 out of every 3 adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control and Less than half of adults with high LDL cholesterol get treatment.<ref name=CDC1>CDC. [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6004a5.htm?s_cid=mm6004a5_w Vital signs: prevalence, treatment, and control of high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol]. United States, 1999–2002 and 2005–2008. MMWR. 2011;60(4):109–14. | Approximately, 71 million American adults (33.5%) were estimated to have high LDL between 2005 and 2008. The overall population prevalence of high LDL-C did not change significantly from 1999-2002 (34.5%) to 2005-2008 (33.5%). | ||
Only 1 out of every 3 adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control and Less than half of adults with high LDL cholesterol get treatment.<ref name=CDC1>CDC. [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6004a5.htm?s_cid=mm6004a5_w Vital signs: prevalence, treatment, and control of high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol]. United States, 1999–2002 and 2005–2008. MMWR. 2011;60(4):109–14. | |||
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Revision as of 13:27, 27 September 2014
Template:Low density lipoprotein Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
Approximately, 71 million American adults (33.5%) were estimated to have high LDL between 2005 and 2008. The overall population prevalence of high LDL-C did not change significantly from 1999-2002 (34.5%) to 2005-2008 (33.5%).
Only 1 out of every 3 adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control and Less than half of adults with high LDL cholesterol get treatment.<ref name=CDC1>CDC. Vital signs: prevalence, treatment, and control of high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. United States, 1999–2002 and 2005–2008. MMWR. 2011;60(4):109–14.