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Long-Term Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults With the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Phenotype.
Circulation - 5 Jul 2016
Perak Amanda M, Ning Hongyan, de Ferranti Sarah D, Gooding Holly C, Wilkins John T, Lloyd-Jones Donald M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) affects up to 1 in 200 individuals in the United States, but atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) outcomes of FH in the general US population have not been described. We therefore sought to evaluate long-term coronary heart disease (CHD) and total ASCVD risks in US adults with an FH phenotype. METHODS: Using individual pooled data from 6 large...
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