Blood cholesterol trends 2001-2011 in the United States: analysis of 105 million patient records.
OBJECTIVES: We report annual trends in low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) from an in-care patient population of nearly 105 million adults across the United States (U.S.), from 2001 through 2011. BACKGROUND: Average blood cholesterol values have declined in the U.S. since at least 1960. The...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3651116?pdf=render |