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Women with familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype are undertreated and poorly controlled compared to men.
Scientific reports - 27 Jan 2023
Zamora Alberto, Ramos Rafel, Comas-Cufi Marc, García-Gil María, Martí-Lluch Ruth, Plana Nuria, Alves-Cabratosa Lia, Ponjoan Anna, Rodríguez-Borjabad Celia, Ibarretxe Daiana, Roman-Degano Irene, Marrugat Jaume, Elosua Roberto, Martín-Urda Anabel, Masana Lluis
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disease that has a prevalence of approximately 1/250 inhabitants and is the most frequent cause of early coronary heart disease (CHD). We included 1.343.973 women and 1.210.671 men with at least one LDL-c measurement from the Catalan primary care database. We identified 14.699 subjects with Familial hypercholesterolemia-Phenotype (FH-P) based on LDL-c...
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