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Health disparities among adult patients with a phenotypic diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia in the CASCADE-FH™ patient registry.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Dec 2017
Amrock Stephen M, Duell P Barton, Knickelbine Thomas, Martin Seth S, O'Brien Emily C, Watson Karol E, Mitri Joanna, Kindt Iris, Shrader Peter, Baum Seth J, Hemphill Linda C, Ahmed Catherine D, Andersen Rolf L, Kullo Iftikhar J, McCann Dervilla, Larry John A, Murray Michael F, Fishberg Robert, Guyton John R, Wilemon Katherine, Roe Matthew T, Rader Daniel J, Ballantyne Christie M, Underberg James A, Thompson Paul, Duffy Dannielle, Linton MacRae F, Shapiro Michael D, Moriarty Patrick M, Knowles Joshua W, Ahmad Zahid S
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Most familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients remain undertreated, and it is unclear what role health disparities may play for FH patients in the US. We sought to describe sex and racial/ethnic disparities in a national registry of US FH patients. METHODS: We analyzed data from 3167 adults enrolled in the CAscade SCreening for Awareness and DEtection of Familial Hypercholesterolemia...
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